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chaals commented on this pull request. > <p> - This specification does not allow an origin access to sensors on a user’s device directly, but information exposed by sensors (e.g., the screen orientation angle) can be accessed indirectly. - </p> - </section> - - <section> - <h2>Access to aspects of a user’s local computing environment</h2> - <p> - The screen orientation type and angle of the device can be accessed with the API specified in this document, and can be a potential fingerprinting vector. + The screen orientation type and angle of the device can be accessed with the API specified in this document, + and can be a potential fingerprinting vector. However using this information is very difficult compared to other fingerprinting information. + Aggregating information derived from this API is not very helpful in fingerprinting. + In particular the Device Orientation API provides a far more detailed version of the same information. I meant the event spec, but actually it is true of both. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/w3c/screen-orientation/pull/116#discussion_r191415302
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