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This standard is being used by ads to track your mobile browsing habits across sites, connections and VPNs.
From the article:
Intended to allow site owners to serve low-power versions of sites and web apps to users with little battery capacity left, soon after it was introduced, privacy researchers pointed out that it could also be used to spy on users. The combination of battery life as a percentage and battery life in seconds provides offers 14m combinations, providing a pseudo-unique identifier for each device.
The standard suggests that false data can be provided by the client to hide the true battery status for testing purposes. It seems to me that there should be a privacy setting to randomize battery status, which privacy mode in browsers should enable by default.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday August 02 2016, @07:22PM
> out-monetizing on the internet is the least of our problems.
Kids grow up wanting to be a doctor-to-help, pilot, rocket scientist, builder...
The smartest (most school-capable) go straight into banks, finance, law, medecine-because-cash or spy-on-people-tech companies...
GP and I would prefer if those people used their talents for something that was more beneficial to the human race, like solving the problems you list.
But it doesn't pay as much.
"Et le pouvoir maudit qui corrompt les plus purs
Et amène le sage à cracher sur son frère"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSpw0C8xaCg [youtube.com] (yep, it's not in English)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 02 2016, @09:44PM
The smartest (most school-capable) go straight into banks, finance, law, medecine-because-cash or spy-on-people-tech companies...
I wouldn't say that. The goals of society are to reward the "less idealistic" professions, as you would say, not the more altruistic. I'll give you two examples,
1. Doctor shortages? Bullshit. Most teaching institutions have explicit quotas for people to enter medicine. The number of slots is 100% rigged to keep number of doctors at such a rate to guarantee employment, to guarantee money. Any doctor has guaranteed profession, no matter if they are terrible at their job. So where is shortage? It's just another version of protection racket (other professions/trades guilty of same thing)
2. Look at graduate studies for all universities where there is no artificial quotas. Overflowing. Most universities are expanding only ajunct prof. positions and tenures are becoming thing of the past. It's all about who you know and luck of the draw, not what you can contribute that matters whether you get a job.
And public spending is not exactly aimed at funding research. Oh noes, we fund wars instead.
Policy is what needs adjustment, not blaming individuals for trying to make a living. But look at elections today - it's not policy, it's "terrists this and that" and "who makes you feel better". When was the last time people actually voted because of policy?? Heck we have an entire anti-nuclear power movement rooted in ignorance and "feelings", so not much hope here. Hell, we have Trump!
Collectively we are pretty fucking stupid. Individuals can't fix that.
/rant