Re: [PING] Agenda for Thursday 2 July 2020 UTC 16

Inline are some links to some privacy-related issues that have been 
filed on the specs on our agenda today as well as a proposed w3c process 
change re: horizontal review.

-- Sam


On 6/29/20 6:15 PM, Christine Runnegar wrote:
> A reminder that our next call is on Thursday 2 July 2020 at UTC 16. We will be using the usual Zoom and Cryptpad coordinates.
> 
> If there is anything you would like to add to the agenda, please let us know.
> 
> Christine
> 
> ——
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> Agenda
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> 1. Privacy review request from the Web RTC WG - WebRTC Scalable Video Coding (SVC) specification
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> Spec: https://w3c.github.io/webrtc-svc/
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> This document defines a set of ECMAScript APIs in WebIDL to extend the WebRTC 1.0 API to enable user agents to support scalable video coding (SVC).
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> Explainer: https://github.com/w3c/webrtc-svc/blob/master/explainer.md
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> Privacy considerations: https://w3c.github.io/webrtc-svc/#privacy-security
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> Repo: https://github.com/w3c/webrtc-svc/
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> 2. Privacy review request from the Devices and Sensors WG - Geolocation API
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> Link: https://w3c.github.io/geolocation-api/

https://github.com/w3c/webrtc-pc/issues/2460


> This specification defines an API that provides scripted access to geographical location information associated with the hosting device. It is now maintained by the Devices and Sensors WG, and contains the following substantive changes since the last REC:
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>    - Now Controlled by feature policy
>    - Fixed confusion around callback interfaces not being an EventHandler
>    - Only expose the API in SecureContexts
>    - Renamed the interfaces and dictionaries + removal of [NoInterfaceObject] + [SameObject] annotation on geolocation attribute
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> (Note: the DAS WG is also working on a new API based on the Generic Sensor API: https://w3c.github.io/geolocation-sensor/ )
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> Link to the Security and privacy considerations section: https://w3c.github.io/geolocation-api/#security
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> WG has asked that we please file issues at https://github.com/w3c/geolocation-api/issues

https://github.com/w3cping/tracking-issues/issues/112, 
https://github.com/w3cping/tracking-issues/issues/111, and 
https://github.com/w3cping/tracking-issues/issues/114

> 3. Updates on open privacy reviews
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> * Web audio API
> * Media Capture and Streams
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> 4. Privacy threat model (principles)
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> 5. W3C Horizontal Review process (update)

https://www.w3.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wide_and_Horizontal_Review&oldid=111521

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> 6. New Web developments and privacy considerations
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> Guest - TC39, the group that standardize JS versions, asking about privacy of i18n for new versions of JS (to be confirmed)
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> https://github.com/tc39/ecma402/issues/443
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> 7. AOB
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Received on Thursday, 2 July 2020 14:46:39 UTC