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Does this move really solve ANY privacy problem? Getting geolocation already prompts the user for approval. Any sinister party wouldn't bat an eye at setting up
by 0x0 11y ago
Does this move really solve ANY privacy problem? Getting geolocation already prompts the user for approval. Any sinister party wouldn't bat an eye at setting up https. Odd.
- swyman 11y agoThe idea is that other parties on the network won't be able to snoop on the location data.
- dudus 11y agoThe concern is that if the site is insecure you might send Geolocation which might be sensible information through unsecure channels allowing someone to snoop on the connection and read that data. In other words they are trying to hide the geolocation data from proxies, Carriers, ISPs and someone possibly MitM attacks
- Etheryte 11y agoThis isn't a privacy problem, it's a security problem.