Re: Last Call: <draft-nottingham-safe-hint-05.txt> (The "safe" HTTP Preference) to Proposed Standard

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On 11/14/14 11:00 AM, Eliot Lear wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> 
> On 11/13/14, 7:19 AM, Joseph Lorenzo Hall wrote:
>>
>> Hi, mnot has already heard the following concerns from us at CDT about
>> this spec, but we want to make sure that these are part of the IETF
>> last call comment record.
>>
>> * The "Safe" preference is not only a preference but a signal.  It
>>   signals user vulnerability; when activated, the header would signal
>>   a user's potentially vulnerable status not only to site operators
>>   who intend to reply in good faith, but to those that will operate in
>>   bad faith and also to every intermediary on-path that could read the
>>   preference request.
> 
> While it could be the case that a user is vulnerable (a term that is a
> bit vague), it is also the case that many other users might choose to
> not want to receive content that is considered in some way "unsafe". 
> One could even imagine "Safe" becoming a default setting.

Hi, I'm a browser, and I'd like to receive only harmonious content.


> Eliot
> 


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