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Brower Data - Why are they not doing more? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by Squizzy@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Apple wont give gyro data but firefox will, firefox wont give battery data but chrome will. Everyone gives screen size and density data.

Why are these data points not discussed with privacy?

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

What makes you think they aren't?

I participated to W3C workshops and privacy data was definitely part of most if not all discussions.

That being said each browser vendor have their own strategy and opinion based on their business model and culture.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Because firefox give gyro data and there is no reason to. Same with screen density.