Ben Kelly wrote: > Can we just reduce the accuracy of the API? Only give battery level at > certain broad breakpoints?
The authors of the cited paper [1] filed a bug report and we fixed that for 38 [2]. - Tim [1] http://eprint.iacr.org/2015/616.pdf [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1124127 > On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Chris Hofmann <chofm...@mozilla.com> wrote: > >> I've seen a lot of GPS related tracking apps that use a lot of power >> putting up warnings to users >> that it might be time to go to low power mode and shut down the GPS if >> you'll need it >> later for navigating a critical pathway later in your journey. >> >> -chofmann >> >> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Katelyn Gadd <k...@luminance.org> wrote: >> >>> Games for mobile phones, handheld devices, and laptops often show a >>> battery indicator and/or a clock in the corner of the screen while >>> running in fullscreen mode. That's the only good reason I can think of >>> off-hand. >>> >>> On 3 August 2015 at 12:55, Chris Peterson <cpeter...@mozilla.com> wrote: >>>> What is a legitimate use case for a web page to know my battery status? >>>> Battery level and time remaining can be used to fingerprint users. >>>> >>>> A mobile webapp might use battery level to throttle its activity, but >>> that >>>> could be something the OS handles by pausing or throttling apps >> directly >>> or >>>> broadcasting app lifecycle events. I can't think of a good reason why a >>> web >>>> page in a browser, especially on a desktop OS, needs to know anything >>> about >>>> my battery. >>>> >>>> >> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/03/privacy-smartphones-battery-life >>>> http://eprint.iacr.org/2015/616.pdf >>>> >>>> >>>> chris >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> dev-platform mailing list >>>> dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org >>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev-platform mailing list >>> dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org >>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-platform mailing list >> dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform >> > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
