Bug 172643 – Support NetInfo API

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: DUPLICATE
• Component: New Bugs

[Ilya Grigorik]

Spec: https://github.com/WICG/netinfo
Support: http://caniuse.com/#feat=netinfo

Would appreciate any comments or feedback on the spec.

[Philip Jägenstedt]

Edge bug: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/issues/12189241/

Blink Intent to Ship for newest parts of the API: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/blink-dev/UVfNMH50aaQ/4Hy5h-wzEQAJ

[Alex Christensen]

Forgive my not closely following the development of this spec.  Has there been any discussion on the fingerprinting impact of exposing this additional information about the client?  I've read the compelling use cases, but I'm quite concerned about the privacy of our users.  This might not seem to reveal anything too sensitive, but it adds significantly to the reliability of tracking people who might not want to be tracked.

[Ilya Grigorik]

Hi Alex. 

Yes, definitely a topic that's been discussed and brought up on many occasions. The privacy section in the spec [1] should, I believe, cover the up-to-date state on where we've landed so far. As related reading, both of the blink i2s's are worth reviewing [2,3].

[1] https://wicg.github.io/netinfo/#privacy-considerations 
[2] https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/blink-dev/UVfNMH50aaQ/4Hy5h-wzEQAJ
[3] https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/blink-dev/tU_Hqqytx8g/xok7kFumAwAJ

[Thomas Steiner]

Seems like this bug was superseded by https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185697 and should therefore be closed as duplicate.

[Alex Christensen]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 185697 ***