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by TeMPOraL 3715 days ago
> Web developers have always pushed for more access to information about the user and their environment. Browser and tool developers are happy to provide that access. There's always some use case that sounds reasonable, but you're right that it's just a security issue waiting to happen.

I'm torn. On the one hand I understand the privacy implications; on the other hand, if you'd want to be serious about those, you'd have to get rid of JavaScript and half of CSS. Every interesting feature can be turned into a privacy/security violation; how far are we willing to go in removing them?