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In what way is it a threat? It’s not like every website needs to use the new features. If you mean security/privacy wise, then yeah I agree. But I don’t think
by chatmasta 8y ago
In what way is it a threat? It’s not like every website needs to use the new features.
If you mean security/privacy wise, then yeah I agree. But I don’t think it’s a “threat” in any other sense, eg it doesn’t mean every website is suddenly going to be using accelerometers and Bluetooth. It just means a subset of websites will have more features for browsers that support them.
Aside from the security/privacy issues, shouldn’t we be celebrating this as a liberation of functionality from walled garden app stores?
- addicted 8y agoYou are right. The sites that will use this are those who have a strong incentive to do so. Therefore this will likely be used by: 1) A really tiny minority of sites that enhance functionality with this. 2) Malicious sites. 3) Sites that are trying to track you more and better (so, for example, FB can use this to ID you across devices even if you’re not logged in because you probably use the same Bluetooth headphones across your devices).
- UncleMeat 8y agoA really tiny minority? Today I navigated some maps in an unfamiliar city in a web browser. I also edited some images. I streamed some video too. These are incredibly useful features. Pretty much the only "raw document" websites I ever visit are wikipedia, hn, and stack overflow.