Curtis Koenig wrote: > 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.
I am all for "real choice" and keeping the user in control but offering these preferences does nothing but pretend to protect users and their privacy. If there is a chance the user might have turned it off without the site noticing then websites will just keep on doing what they do currently. Without any chance for the user to intervene or limit, and without a way to notice this is happening. And with all the current performance impacts. - Tim _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
