Privacy Checking

There has been some discussion about how to protect the privacy of submitted data to Wikidentity, since the client basically enjoys any access/privileges that the browser has. That sometimes includes private data if the user is logged in. Private domains went part of the way to solving this issue, but I’ve improved my methodology by adding a background process that tries to anonymously download the same hCard that was submitted. If it’s found, the hCard is marked public, otherwise it’s set to private. In some cases a public hCard will be marked private, if the page has transient data, but that’s a small price to pay to preserve the privacy of the data. In the short future, I’ll add the ability for users to toggle the visibility of individual hCards that they’ve submitted.