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Analyzing Privacy Aspects of the W3C Vibration API

13 pointsby sjmurdochalmost 9 years ago

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hirsinalmost 9 years ago
I didn&#x27;t consider the de-anonymisation tactic of marking or communicating to an observer, that&#x27;s a new tactic I hadn&#x27;t considered.<p>I was expecting a de-anonymisation scheme along the lines of fingerprinting how the device vibrates given a certain pattern. Because there&#x27;s a human element - the DeviceOrientation readings will be impacted by the user holding the device - you may be able to pick up the user&#x27;s rough age&#x2F;gender&#x2F;strength&#x2F;weight by judging how much their body alters that fingerprint.