Which version are we thinking of enabling this for? For Gecko
34/FirefoxOS 2.1 or a later version?

On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Tim Taubert <ttaub...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> As of September we intend to enable the WebCrypto API by default on all
> platforms. It has been developed behind the dom.webcrypto.enabled
> preference.
>
> Tracking bug:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865789
>
> Spec:
> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcrypto-api/raw-file/tip/spec/Overview.html
> (A CR is planned soon, only smaller changes to the spec lately.)
>
> Reasoning:
> The implementation of the WebCrypto API has made lots of progress in
> Firefox 33+34. We added most of the basic functionality and algorithms,
> and should be mostly spec compliant.
>
> Chromium has had the WebCrypto API enabled by default since Crome 37,
> which was released in late June 2014. Their implementation supports a
> subset of the algorithms that we do, and has roughly the same level of
> spec compliance. We expect the two implementations to be mostly
> interoperable as-is, with some fine points being ironed out as the spec
> is finalized.
>
> We thus propose to enable the WebCrypto API by default for all platforms
> to get some more feedback from developers and give them the opportunity
> to use new functionality.
>
> - Tim
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