Can we just reduce the accuracy of the API? Only give battery level at certain broad breakpoints?
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Chris Hofmann <chofm...@mozilla.com> wrote: > I've seen a lot of GPS related tracking apps that use a lot of power > putting up warnings to users > that it might be time to go to low power mode and shut down the GPS if > you'll need it > later for navigating a critical pathway later in your journey. > > -chofmann > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Katelyn Gadd <k...@luminance.org> wrote: > > > Games for mobile phones, handheld devices, and laptops often show a > > battery indicator and/or a clock in the corner of the screen while > > running in fullscreen mode. That's the only good reason I can think of > > off-hand. > > > > On 3 August 2015 at 12:55, Chris Peterson <cpeter...@mozilla.com> wrote: > > > What is a legitimate use case for a web page to know my battery status? > > > Battery level and time remaining can be used to fingerprint users. > > > > > > A mobile webapp might use battery level to throttle its activity, but > > that > > > could be something the OS handles by pausing or throttling apps > directly > > or > > > broadcasting app lifecycle events. I can't think of a good reason why a > > web > > > page in a browser, especially on a desktop OS, needs to know anything > > about > > > my battery. > > > > > > > > > http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/aug/03/privacy-smartphones-battery-life > > > > > > http://eprint.iacr.org/2015/616.pdf > > > > > > > > > chris > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dev-platform mailing list > > > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > > _______________________________________________ > > dev-platform mailing list > > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > > > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
