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Add info to 9.1 & change link
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Addresses #398
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torgo authored Jan 25, 2024
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<h3 id="device-ids">Use care when exposing identifying information about devices</h3>


If you need to give web sites access to information about a device,
use the guidelines below to decide what information to expose.

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or device identifiers,
each increase the risk of harming the user's privacy.

One risk is that as more specific information is shared,
The web app should not be able to distinguish between: the user rejecting
permission to use a sensor/capability; and that sensor/capability not being present.

Another risk is that as more specific information is shared,
the set of
[fingerprinting data](https://www.w3.org/TR/fingerprinting-guidance/)
available to sites gets larger.
There are also [other potential risks](https://w3cping.github.io/privacy-threat-model/)
There are also [other potential risks]([[PRIVACY-PRINCIPLES#threats]])
to user privacy.

Issue: Privacy Threat Model is not ready for prime time.

If there is no way to design a less powerful API,
use these guidelines when exposing device information:

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