diff --git a/index.bs b/index.bs index 72af3ca..a4eb259 100644 --- a/index.bs +++ b/index.bs @@ -305,6 +305,39 @@ remove, differently from goals attackers already can't achieve? path: xsite-tracking-model.bsinc +## Sensitive-information ## {#model-sensitive-information} + +Attackers can only get access to sensitive information if they can convince the +user to express their intent that the attacker get access to this information at +the time the attacker gets access to it. User agents vary in how they gather +this expression of intent. + +That a user intends an attacker to get a piece of information at one time, for +example their location or their contact book, may be, but is not necessarily +evidence that the user intends to give out the same piece of information at +a later time. There is not consensus about how long it's reasonable to infer +continued intent, but there is consensus that intent doesn't last for years +without interaction. + +There is consensus that some kinds of information are sensitive: + +* Location +* Disability status +* Microphone input +* Etc. + +There is consensus that some other kinds of information are not sensitive: + +* User agent +* Language +* A user's preference for + less motion. +* Etc. + +There is not consensus about the sensitivity of all kinds of information: + +* TODO: examples? +
path: capabilities.bsinc