Re: Expose GeoLocation to workers #745

[Richard Maher]

Yeah that's what I thought :-(

On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 8:12 AM, Richard Maher <mah...@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