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Tracking Windows 11 - feedback requested

Do any other analytics services track Windows 11? We want to add it, but our tracking code would need to request "getHighEntropyValues()" from the browser to get "platformVersion", which is the *only* place that Windows 11 reveals itself.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/NavigatorUAData/getHighEntropyValues

Two problems!

1) It uses a javascript "promise" to let the browser return it asynchronously. The idea is to allow for a permission check, so a user can confirm/deny. No browser does this *now*, but the groundwork is laid. We don't ever want to do something that makes a permission popup show for your visitors.

2) "HighEntropy" has extremely negative connotations relating to fingerprinting, which we don't want to be associated with for obvious reasons.

Your ideas and feedback are very welcome!

And again, I can't find any information to confirm that any other service tracks Windows 11, perhaps because of the same concerns I listed above. Any of you who use other analytics services and have seen Windows 11 shown in the reports, that would be great to know!

Posted Mon Mar 14 2022 1:40p by Your Friendly Clicky Admin


Maybe we could add a new "clicky_custom" property that a website owner could add manually if they want our code to access this data, otherwise leave it be?

For example:

clicky_custom.getHighEntropyValues=1;

https://clicky.com/help/custom

Posted Mon Mar 14 2022 2:02p by Your Friendly Clicky Admin


I guess no one cares 😭

Posted Fri Mar 18 2022 10:34a by Your Friendly Clicky Admin


We're going with the "clicky_custom.getHighEntropyValues=1;" option. New release coming later today!

Posted Sat Mar 19 2022 12:31p by Your Friendly Clicky Admin


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