Re: [Vimprobable-users] Web Storage Patch

[Hannes S. <ha...@yl...>]

Hi!

Jan Niemeyer <ma...@ja...> wrote:
> > Providing a switch for this is definitely a great idea! However, I'm
> > also not really proficient as to what this is actually used for.
> > Can we be confident that it's all spyware and tracking so that we
> > should have it off by default? Or are there actually non-evil uses
> > of the function out there in the wild?
> 
> I guess there are non-evil uses for Web Storage. Matt named a good
> example. And I like the idea. But can you name a website you
> regularly visit, that relies on it? I can't.

That's my point - I can't, either. But then, I don't play online games,
I don't visit any "social networks" or virtually any website considered
"modern". Hence my question to the list :)

> As these are stored without time limits and Webkit doesn't provide
> any means to control their storage, I went for turning off Web
> Storage per default. But I only tried it for some days, so I wouldn't
> recommend it for now. 

Then we should just see how it develops. I will also switch it off by
default and we'll see if we run into any problems.

> Besides, I doubt it makes it much harder to track you, when you use a
> useragent that's, let's say, not very common ;)

Well, yes, but that's only a valid concern if you're worried about
somebody targetting you specifically. I wouldn't expect this to be a
huge issue for most users as opposed to the regular, untargeted mass
tracking.

Hannes