Re: [W3C Webmob] Permissions

I will start with my comments!

Dave - the document looks great and thanks for putting it together! I think we can use this list of native platforms in some of our future documents! The only thing from me is that I am happy you included this  section:

"There needs to be some consistency in regards to whether users are offered the chance to record their decision for subsequent sessions. This should depend on the level of trust in the application, e.g. whether it was accessed over an encrypted connection, whether it is from a trusted website, whether it has a high reputation, and so forth."

I think it's important we find some ways for users to turn off or reconfigure the permissions once they're set. One use case I can think of is in emergencies. I may not want an application which uses GPS to view my location but perhaps in an emergency I might allow it to do this. I would then want to switch it off later (I think this is covered in the above sentence but thought I would write it anyway!).

Thanks!

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From: Natasha Rooney <nrooney@gsma.com<mailto:nrooney@gsma.com>>
Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 16:16
To: W3C Webmob Public <public-web-mobile@w3.org<mailto:public-web-mobile@w3.org>>
Cc: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org<mailto:dsr@w3.org>>
Subject: [W3C Webmob] Permissions

Hi all!

Dave Ragget has been working on a paper detailing native's approaches to Permissions and highlighting some requirements (or discussion points) for a permissions model on the web. Dave has put together a comprehensive list of native platforms, together with their APIs which trigger permissions alongside the user flows for permissions management. Please see the document below:

http://www.w3.org/2014/05/wp-trust-permissions/

Can you take a look and let Dave know if you have any comments or suggestions? If you develop applications for a native platform (or have done in the past) your knowledge on how these platforms work with permissions would be greatly appreciated here!
Lisa - maybe you can help with the Cordova stuff?

Please also note that although this document is publicly available on the web it might not be best for you to tweet it or blog about it yet - it's still in development! Thanks everyone!

Natasha Rooney | Web Technologist | GSMA | nrooney@gsma.com<mailto:nrooney@gsma.com> | +44 (0) 7730 219 765 | @thisNatasha | Skype: nrooney@gsm.org<mailto:nrooney@gsm.org>
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