security-questionnaire.md

Security and Privacy Self-Review Questionnaire for Proximity Sensor

Answers to the questionnaire for Generic Sensor API can be found here.

3.1 Does this specification deal with personally-identifiable information?

No.

3.2 Does this specification deal with high-value data?

No.

3.3 Does this specification introduce new state for an origin that persists across browsing sessions?

No.

3.4 Does this specification expose persistent, cross-origin state to the web?

No.

3.5 Does this specification expose any other data to an origin that it doesn’t currently have access to?

No.

3.6 Does this specification enable new script execution/loading mechanisms?

No.

3.7 Does this specification allow an origin access to a user’s location?

No.

3.8 Does this specification allow an origin access to sensors on a user’s device?

Yes.

3.9 Does this specification allow an origin access to aspects of a user’s local computing environment?

Yes. If user agent has permission to access proximity sensor, the API provides means to check if sensor is available within user’s local computing environment.

3.10 Does this specification allow an origin access to other devices?

No.

3.11 Does this specification allow an origin some measure of control over a user agent’s native UI?

No.

3.12 Does this specification expose temporary identifiers to the web?

No.

3.13 Does this specification distinguish between behavior in first-party and third-party contexts?

No.

3.14 How should this specification work in the context of a user agent’s "incognito" mode?

Specification does not restrict access to a particular mode, nor work differently. However, this can be revisited when privacy mode would be formally specified.

3.15 Does this specification persist data to a user’s local device?

No.

3.16 Does this specification have a "Security Considerations" and "Privacy Considerations" section?

Yes.

See: Security & Privacy section.

3.17 Does this specification allow downgrading default security characteristics?

No.