Re: Presentation API in non secure contexts from Frederik Braun on 2017-01-24 (public-web-security@w3.org from January 2017)

From: Frederik Braun <fbraun@mozilla.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 08:29:49 +0100
To: "mark a. foltz" <mfoltz@google.com>, Richard Barnes <rbarnes@mozilla.com>
Cc: Francois Daoust <fd@w3.org>, WebAppSec WG <public-webappsec@w3.org>, public-web-security@w3.org, "Kostiainen, Anssi" <anssi.kostiainen@intel.com>
Message-ID: <e9784447-e6ef-62b3-47c4-5debf1e051f5@mozilla.com>

On 23.01.2017 22:17, mark a. foltz wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Richard Barnes <rbarnes@mozilla.com
> <mailto:rbarnes@mozilla.com>> wrote:
> 
>     What is the rationale for why this API needs to be available to
>     non-secure contexts?
> 
> 
> At the time the group considered this, it was judged to not be a
> powerful feature.
> We have asked for an updated rubric for evaluating what is a powerful
> feature, and have not yet received a reply.
> 
> m.

Also, note that a user giving permission to a site in a non-secure
context will be surprised to note that this permission is leaking all
over the public wifis he's using.

I wonder if a permission prompt on non-secure contexts is useful at all.

Received on Tuesday, 24 January 2017 07:31:37 UTC