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How would web protocols allow for more privacy? If Safari implemented all the Chrome PWA APIs it would open up the user to far more browser fingerprinting while

• JadeNB 5y ago
  > If Safari implemented all the Chrome PWA APIs it would open up the user to far more browser fingerprinting while also increasing the attack surface. Surely the answer is "so Safari shouldn't implement those APIs"? It's app makers who think we need constant push notifications from everyone; by and large they're subtractions rather than additions.
• hombre_fatal 5y ago
  Not sure how the protocols themselves help, but at least for now, we still have things like content blockers and extensions for mobile web browsers. Native apps have more freedom to do whatever they want, and they do it more opaquely. I guess the only thing that comes close to a web browser content blocker for iOS native apps is piping your traffic through one of those ad-blocker VPN apps like Lockdown, which sucks. Of course, nothing compares to the amount of insight you have into websites on a desktop web browser where you can open a networking tab in the dev tools.
  • rodgerd 5y ago
    > Not sure how the protocols themselves help, Web VR is being routinely used to add fingerprinting and tracking. Direct access to USB devices adds so many vectors for abuse I can't even imagine how it will end up being mis-used.