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WebKit/Safari gets dunked on a lot for being slow to implement features (sometimes rightfully so), but for many features, this is exactly why. Check out this lo
by lelandfe 4y ago
WebKit/Safari gets dunked on a lot for being slow to implement features (sometimes rightfully so), but for many features, this is exactly why. Check out this long list of APIs they're purposefully dragging their feet on out of privacy concerns: https://webkit.org/tracking-prevention/#table-of-contents-toggle:~:text=Here%20are%20some%20examples%20of%20features%20we%20have%20decided%20to%20not%20yet%20implement%20due%20to%20fingerprinting%2C%20security%2C%20and%20other%20concerns%2C%20and%20where%20we%20do%20not%20yet%20see%20a%20path%20to%20resolving%20those%20concerns https://webkit.org/tracking-prevention/#table-of-contents-to...
- SahAssar 4y agoMany of those are gated behind permissions in the browsers that have implemented them, and safari could gate the rest too. Or they could collaborate with the working groups to reduce the fingerprinting hazard. Many other features that safari has been late with have basically no fingerprinting usefulness like web push.