- From: Stan <stasson@orc.ru>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:19:40 +0300
- To: "Karl Dubost" <karld@opera.com>
- Cc: whatwg@lists.whatwg.org
----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Dubost" <karld@opera.com> >it doesn't mean they are unhappy about it. Or more exactly that a fraction of them can even look for such a feature. In most cases ordinary users (not geeks) can not think of a feature, before software developers provide it to them. >> Second, user accounts are based on e-mails as a rule, which is not unique at all, every user can have multiple e-mails and >> multiple registrations. >which is a feature, not a bug. Professional account, personal account, cooking-club account, etc. Who should decide this for a specific web-service? Apparently web-service knows better is it possible to have multiplicate accounts or not. >> Many web-services struggle against users' reputation spoofing made via such fake accounts. >That's a different issue. No. This is related issue. >> Multiple browser profiles on the same device do not matter, because the same device ID will be returned. >In some countries, in Asia and Africa, a single device can be used by multiple people. Internet cafes > are another use cases. And shiny tablets can be also for one family. I know. In some cases a single e-mail is used by several persons, so what? >Basically >device != user != web service This is true, but this is not a reason for not providing a device ID. >> The main point, if device ID could be available it would provide more great possibilities for users and web-services. >And it would create big challenges in usability and privacy. These problem are already here. Device ID will add a new (optional) tool to help in solving them. >Karl Dubost - http://dev.opera.com/ >Developer Relations, Opera Software Best wishes, Stan
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