[whatwg] Expose GeoLocation to workers #745

Richard Maher maherrj at googlemail.com
Fri Feb 16 16:48:35 PST 2018


Yeah that's what I thought :-(

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 8:12 AM, Richard Maher <maherrj at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> Regarding the very recent comments following on from: -
> https://github.com/w3c/ServiceWorker/issues/745#issuecomment-344128148
>
> Can any of you please explain what is wrong with the complete POC solution
> here: -
> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7Rmd3Rn8_hDNW1zSWRoXzBTclU
>
> If the proposed solution is somehow deficient or not fit for purpose
> please let me know!
>
> I believe the permissions/user-visibility conundrums to be the only loose
> end.
>
> Please also note the plethora of use cases detailed by numerous people
> over the years that can be found here: -
> https://github.com/w3c/ServiceWorker/issues/745
>
> I do not understand Marcos' claim that there is little browser interest
> when Edge and Chrome are waiting on a specification to implement. Firefox
> already allows tracking of users in the background today.
>
> Cheers Richard Maher
>


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