On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Deb Richardson <[email protected]> wrote: > We should never surprise the user, particularly in situations where their > personal data is involved. The act of initiating a sync to a new device > should be something the user does explicitly, given the chance of personal > data leakage or potential data loss. > > If Firefox somehow inferred who I was based off my Facebook cookie and > started doing things for me on my behalf, I would be alarmed, to say the > least.
Yes, please. The principle of least astonishment applies here. Of course, there could be an infobar or other kind of notification to help the user notice that they could sign in. Cheers, Dirkjan _______________________________________________ Sync-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/sync-dev
