On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Gervase Markham <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 27/08/14 15:07, Trevor Saunders wrote: > > That *really* depends on the URL. For example it seems pretty > > reasonable to not want mozilla to know I've clicked on a tile going to > > > http://www.amazon.com/Titan-17612-12-Piece-Precision-Screwdriver/dp/B0002SRFM6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409147886&sr=8-1&keywords=lock+picks > > since possession of that in some juristictions is illegal. > > Is viewing information about it illegal? We can know you clicked it; we > can't know you bought one. > The point is that it's enough to get you flagged by some agencies. Even in places where owning things are perfectly legal. If the government has decided you've done something illegal, and you haven't, your life can still go to hell in the time between being accused and being acquitted. > > Also, my understanding of Tiles was that it would be showcases for > particular sites, rather than for particular products. So Mozilla would > know (and therefore the government by subpoena could know) that ID > 1234567 visited the New York Times or Amazon via a tile. I agree that > this is a history leak to a degree - can we find a way to mitigate it? > But I do think we need to keep things in proportion here. > > Gerv > > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
