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Feat (start_url): add privacy consideration (closes #399)
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marcoscaceres committed Mar 31, 2016
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<samp>https://example.com/start_point.html</samp>.
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Privacy consideration: <code>start_url</code> tracking
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It's conceivable that the <code>start_url</code> could be crafted
to indicate that the application was launched from outside the
browser (e.g., <code>"start_url":
"index.html?launcher=homescreen"</code>). This can be useful for
analytics and possibly other customizations. However, it is also
conceivable that developers could encode strings into the start_url
that uniquely identify the user (e.g., a server assigned
<abbr>UUID</abbr>). This is fingerprinting/privacy sensitive
information that the user might not be aware of.
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Given the above, it RECOMMENDED that, upon installation, or any
time thereafter, a user agent allow the user to inspect and, if
necessary, modify the <a>start URL</a> of an application.
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