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Coin a term for information we want to restrict access to because it'…
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jyasskin committed Mar 17, 2020
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Expand Up @@ -328,19 +328,21 @@ a later time. There is not consensus about how long it's reasonable to infer
continued intent, but there is consensus that intent doesn't last for years
without interaction.

This threat model defines a kind of information as sensitive if we plan to
evolve the web platform to block access to it by default. Other information is
described as benign even if some users in some situations would find it
sensitive.
This threat model defines a kind of information as <dfn>restricted sensitive
information</dfn> if we plan to evolve the web platform to block access to it by
default. Other information is described as "not [=restricted sensitive
information=]" even if some users in some situations would find it sensitive.

There is consensus that some kinds of information are sensitive:
There is consensus that some kinds of information are [=restricted sensitive
information=]:

* Location
* Disability status
* Microphone input
* Etc.

There is consensus that some other kinds of information are not sensitive:
There is consensus that some other kinds of information are not [=restricted
sensitive information=]:

* User agent
* Language
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