- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 10:16:28 -0700
- To: Walter van Holst <walter.van.holst@xs4all.nl>
- Cc: public-tracking@w3.org
On Jun 25, 2014, at 10:07 , Walter van Holst <walter.van.holst@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On the wiki I have put the following proposal to deal with this issue: > > Add the following sentence after the first sentence of the first party definition: > > Accessing a particular URI does not necessarily imply intent to interact with the URI-provider, especially when that URI-provider provides a transparent conduit to other parties' content, as would be the case for content delivery networks, link shorteners and similar service providers and third parties. In such cases the URI-provider is, from a user perspective, a non-obvious participant in the network interaction. > > Regards, > > Walter > Hi Walter I assume "link shorteners and similar service providers and third parties� should be "link shorteners and similar service providers are third parties�. It seems to me that this falls into two cases: if I see the link as �See the full article on the Swampville Times� where the newspaper name is linked by a shortener that goes to their site, I agree with you, the shortener is not an obvious participant and I didn�t �visit� it, it is a third party. On the other hand, if I see �Click on bit.ly/afs523bsk123 and you will be AMAZED at what you see!�, the only identity I see as a user is the shortener, and I have no idea what I expected to visit. Are they now the first party, fleetingly? Did I really intend to visit the Swampville Blog in this case, even though that is where I ended up? David Singer Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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