commit d207190db7f171c80f72c3506177170ab32f2c67 Author: Mike Perry mikeperry-git@fscked.org Date: Tue Feb 19 19:16:59 2013 -0800
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diff --git a/docs/design/design.xml b/docs/design/design.xml index 52c4112..4b0e53c 100644 --- a/docs/design/design.xml +++ b/docs/design/design.xml @@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ their proper deployment or privacy realization. However, we will likely disable high-risk features pending analysis, audit, and mitigation. </para> </listitem> - <listitem><command>Long Term Goal: Linkability Transparency</command> + <listitem><command>Strive for Linkability Transparency</command> <para> <!-- XXX: Link to Deprecation List once it exists --> Our long term goal is to reduce all linkability to mechanisms that are @@ -2255,4 +2255,46 @@ javascript into the chrome (and thus gain complete control of the browser). </sect2> --> </sect1> +<appendix id="Transparency"> +<title>Towards Linkability Transparency</title> +<para> + +In a few cases, entrenched (mis)use of certain browser features has caused us +to choose a less extreme implementation of linkability protections than we +would have liked. This section serves to enumerate those instances and +describe alternative standardards that have been proposed. + +</para> +<para> + +The primary goal of this section is to help describe a web where websites can +be easily audited for good privacy practices. Right now, there are too many +ways where XXX.. + +</para> + +<sect1> + <title>Deprecation List</title> + <orderedlist> + <listitem>The Referer Header + <para> +We believe the Referer header should be either eliminated or made explicit. If +a site wishes to transmit its URL to third parties or during link-click, it +should specify this as a property of its HTML. The + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem>window.name + </listitem> + </orderedlist> +</sect1> +<sect1> + <title>Promising Standards</title> + <orderedlist> + <listitem>Web-Send Introducers + </listitem> + <listitem>Mozilla Persona + </listitem> + </orderedlist> +</sect1> +</appendix> </article>