- From: Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 01:53:38 -0500
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky at mit.edu> wrote: > I wouldn't. ?Just because a user trusts some particular entity to know > exactly where they are, doesn't mean they trust their stalker with that > information. ?I picked geolocation specifically, because that involves an > irrevocable surrender of personal information, not just annoyance like > disabling the context menu. It's a judgement call, of course; some things are easier to categorize than others. Geolocation seems to sit somewhere in the middle: some people don't care if their location is public, and others care a lot. By comparison, *no* informed user would want to give every website unrestricted local file access; hijackable elevated file permissions is an inherently critical security failure. -- Glenn Maynard
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