On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 6:30 AM, Curtis Koenig <curt...@mozilla.com> wrote: > > On 16 May, 2014, at 09:11 AM, Tim Taubert <ttaub...@mozilla.com> wrote: > >> I think it really might make sense to remove the >> preferences altogether > > > Given our stance on privacy[1] and commitment to Real Choices, Sensible > Settings and User Control; I don’t believe removing the users ability to > control this preference would be a positive move. David’s point is more > correct in that we need to be careful as to how the preference is exposed. We > could also do something very innovative in this case like what is done with > do not track. We could default to allowing all requests (which would honor > the spec) but allow the users to change the pref to 2 other states. One being > only allow pings from the sites I specify and the final one being don’t allow > any at all. With accompanying text that explains the tradeoffs/benefits/pain > of each setting. This would help us both keep inline with the goal of > Hyperlink Auditing and balance our stance on privacy. > > [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Principles > -- > Curtis > > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
The point being made is that the preference is not a real choice. If you disable this feature you can still be tracked in the exact same way by methods that exist today and are not covered by the preference. - Kyle _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
