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June 29, 2020 02:56 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/lMGIlG8vvNo/apple-declined-to-implement-16-web-apis-in-safari-due-to-privacy-concerns
Apple Declined To Implement 16 Web APIs in Safari Due To Privacy Concerns
Apple said last week that it declined to implement 16 new web technologies (Web APIs) in Safari because they posed a threat to user privacy by opening new avenues for user fingerprinting. Technologies that Apple declined to include in Safari because of user fingerprinting concerns include: Web Bluetooth - Allows websites to connect to nearby Bluetooth LE devices.Web MIDI API - Allows websites to enumerate, manipulate and access MIDI devices.Magnetometer API - Allows websites to access data about the local magnetic field around a user, as detected by the device's primary magnetometer sensor.Web NFC API - Allows websites to communicate with NFC tags through a device's NFC reader.Device Memory API - Allows websites to receive the approximate amount of device memory in gigabytes.Network Information API - Provides information about the connection a device is using to communicate with the network and provides a means for scripts to be notified if the connection type changes.Battery Status API - Allows websites to receive information about the battery status of the hosting device.Web Bluetooth Scanning - Allows websites to scan for nearby Bluetooth LE devices.Ambient Light Sensor - Lets websites get the current light level or illuminance of the ambient light around the hosting device via the device's native sensors. [...]The vast majority of these APIs are only implemented in Chromium-based browsers, and very few on Mozilla's platform. Apple claims that the 16 Web APIs above would allow online advertisers and data analytics firms to create scripts that fingerprint users and their devices.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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