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Address Francois comments (#588)
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Scanning a tag with NFC requires the user to place the scanning device
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(e.g. phone) in close proximity to the NFC tag.
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(e.g. phone) in close proximity to the NFC tag - usually 5-10 cm, 2-4
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inches.
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Scanning a tag when a Web NFC scan is not active, triggers the host OS
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Furthermore, Web NFC scanning needs to be activated from a user interaction,
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and scanning is paused when the web site is not in focus or the device
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screen turns off (i.e. is not unlocked). This is put in place so that
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accidental scans do not happen.
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accidental scans are not likely to happen.
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Web NFC further recommends that the implementation makes it very clear
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In some cases it might be obvious that the tag/device contains privacy
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sensitive data, say in case it is a glucose meter which can indicate
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that you, or someone in the close family, are a diabetes patient.
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sensitive data, say in case of NFC equipped conference badgets and business
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cards. This would also be the case with an NFC equipped glucose meter,
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which can indicate that you, or someone in the close family, are a diabetes
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patient.
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In other cases it might not be obvious that that can happen, but a user
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In other cases it might be less obvious that that can happen, but a user
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might have used an app or website to write data to a tag that unknowingly
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to the user encoded a user id or the like, which can later be read back
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by any other site.
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This does not bring the web advertising and tracking model into the
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real world, because it requires an action by the user and it is
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obvious when being used and cannot be triggered in the background.
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real world, because it requires an action by the user and it cannot
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be triggered in the background; and with proper UX it should be clear
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that scanning is active.
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<section> <h4>Overwriting existing data</h4>
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This section details some of the things that users ought to be aware
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of when using NFC. It is recommendated that implementations help educate
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the users of given facts before or when related NFC actions are performed.
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the users of given facts before or when related NFC actions are performed.
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<h4>Data that is read is shared with site</h4>
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NFC can only read one tag at the time, but multiple tags can be detected
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and one of the tags can be selected as the tag to communicate with.
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Use cases for this could be having multiple smart cards (NFC based) in
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your wallet and not wanting to take the card out.
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