- From: Joshue O Connor <joconnor@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:47:51 +0000
- To: public-privacy@w3.org
- Cc: "group-apa-chairs@w3.org" <group-apa-chairs@w3.org>
Hi all, [with CC to the APA chairs list] My name is Josh O Connor and I'm new to the PING. I work with W3C/WAI as an Emerging Technology Specialist with a focus on accessibility. The main working groups that I'm involved with are Accessible Platforms Architecture working group and the Research Questions Task Force. [1] [2] I've a long track record in accessibility, from the HTML5 working group, to co-chairing the WCAG working group for 5 years and helping lead the development of WCAG 2.1. Some of my current work is looking at accessibility related user needs and requirements for diverse areas such as XR (Augmented and Virtual Environments) and RTC (Real Time Communications), and within APA recently we have been discussing potential user needs/use cases for Verifiable Claims/Decentralised Identifiers. [1] [2] While many of the user needs/requirements in the Verifiable Claims space are arguably generic and broadly applicable to e'one (maintaining the privacy and integrity of user data) the later has raised some very interesting issues for example the problem of browser finger printing a la how user agent customisation and accessibility preferences can be honoured without fingerprinting etc. If you have not seen it, some other interesting recent work has been the recent working group note 'Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA: Alternatives to Visual Turing Tests on the Web' and there are certainly related privacy/security issues in this space. APA are interested in helping support the work of the PING with regards to privacy and accessibility, so I look forward to discussing how to do that. [3] Many thanks to Christine for warm welcome and I look forward to working with you all and many interesting discussion on privacy and accessibility! Josh [1] http://raw.githack.com/w3c/apa/XAUR/xaur/index.html [2] http://raw.githack.com/w3c/apa/AccessibleRTC/rtc/index.html [3] https://www.w3.org/TR/turingtest/ -- Emerging Web Technology Specialist/Accessibility (WAI/W3C)
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