- From: Arve Bersvendsen <arveb@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:13:08 +0200
- To: "Frederick Hirsch" <frederick.hirsch@nokia.com>, "ext Jeremy Orlow" <jorlow@chromium.org>
- Cc: "David Bennett" <ddt@google.com>, "public-webapps@w3c.org" <public-webapps@w3c.org>
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:13:09 +0200, Frederick Hirsch <frederick.hirsch@nokia.com> wrote: > isn't the mere knowledge of the level of activity on a device a possible > privacy concern, and couldn't the pattern of activity offer a traffic > analysis type opportunity? This is what I was getting at when asking the question initially: * an employer could use it to determine whether an employee is using his computer or not * ad delivery networks could use it for behavioral tracking and targeting of advertising. Selling a "cure for loneliness" might stick more with someone who spends 16 hours daily in front of an active computer. -- Arve Bersvendsen Opera Software ASA, http://www.opera.com/
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