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
Can we just reduce the accuracy of the API? Only give battery level at
certain broad breakpoints?
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
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]
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Jonas Sicking jo...@sicking.cc wrote:
Fingerprinting doesn't seem useful if the fingerprint changes every
few minutes as the battery level changes.
I do agree that there are concerns that if the user has
private-browsing pages and non-private-browsing pages
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Jonas Sicking jo...@sicking.cc wrote:
So disabling the API, or fudging its return values, in private
browsing windows sounds like a good idea. The same applies to features
like device orientation, proximity/light sensors, network information
(wifi vs. mobile
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 8:24 AM, Tim Taubert ttaub...@mozilla.com 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].
I should think that more aggressive
Fingerprinting doesn't seem useful if the fingerprint changes every
few minutes as the battery level changes.
I do agree that there are concerns that if the user has
private-browsing pages and non-private-browsing pages open at the same
time, that the pages can track when exactly the battery
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
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