Editorial: mark DefaultLocale as a fingerprinting vector #997
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@sffc I tried taking a (rather minimal) stab at your comment at #110 (comment). Let me know how the phrasing feels. |
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This conveys the intent, I think. Mainly I want the spec to require that DefaultLocale derives from navigator.languages, such that DefaultLocale does not introduce any new entropy.
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Add a normative note to the DefaultLocale AO to indicate that it can be used as a fingerprinting vector in browser environments. Fixes tc39#110 Co-authored-by: Richard Gibson <[email protected]>
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Add a normative note to the DefaultLocale AO to indicate that it can be used as a fingerprinting vector in browser environments.
Fixes #110