[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 164213] New: Remove Battery Status API from the tree

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164213

            Bug ID: 164213
           Summary: Remove Battery Status API from the tree
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: WebKit
           Version: WebKit Nightly Build
          Hardware: Unspecified
                OS: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebKit Misc.
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: beidson at apple.com

Remove Battery Status API from the tree

Because it's a privacy (tracking and fingerprinting) risk (https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/battery-status-readout-as-a-privacy-risk/) Apple never enabled it on their ports.

Mozilla tried to fix it (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1124127), and then Mozilla decided it wasn't worth keeping around for web content (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1313580)

The Linux port maintainers don't see a reason to keep it around, as discussed in this thread - https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2016-October/028468.html

I'll use this bug to remove it in a few days as long as the thread continues to have no objections.

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