On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 6:42 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbar...@mit.edu> wrote:

> On 12/15/16 3:28 AM, Andrea Marchesini wrote:
>
>> Spec: https://w3c.github.io/netinfo/
>>
>
> Is there any plan to have this turned into an actual spec, complete with
> IPR commitments, testcases, wider review, etc?
>
> Have we done a privacy review of this spec?  Why should a webpage ever
> know whether I'm connected via "ethernet" vs "wifi" (insofar as we have any
> way to determine this at all; I could be connected via "ethernet" to a
> bridge that is connected via "wifi")?
>

I'm also concerned that this spec does not seem to take into account
multipath or multihoming, both of which seem relevant here. Say that I have
a device with both a cellular and WiFi link and I attempt to use both of
them in some fashion (depending on the remote IP address), what should I be
reporting for Network Connection?

-Ekr




Looking at the use cases document at <http://w3c-webmob.github.io/n
> etinfo-usecases/>, it seems like people generally care more about things
> like "bandwidth costs money" and "how much bandwidth do we expect?" than
> about the actual physical transport, no?
>
> -Boris
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