On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Gavin Sharp <ga...@gavinsharp.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Eli Grey <m...@eligrey.com> wrote: > >> Gavin: The fingerprinting entropy exposed by Rik's patch is actual >> *magnitudes* less than the entropy exposed on >> http://renderingpipeline.com/webgl-extension-viewer/ >> > I didn't claim otherwise - personally I don't think the fingerprinting > argument against this feature is a very convincing one. But I think the > best way to make that argument is to explain why the incremental risk is > negligible/insignificant, not to claim it's non-existent. A subtle > distinction perhaps, but it seems like Rik's encountered the same argument > across every bug tracker/mailing list where this proposal has been > discussed, and it seems to trip people up every time. > I agree that there's a risk since this will make it super easy to get to the core count. I don't have the exact number but I suspect that very few machines will have more than 8 cores which makes them valuable for targeted marketing. WebKit only accepted the patch if it returned 8 as a maximum. _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
