Sorry, I was out of service for a day.
The resistance befuddles me; although, I appreciate the informative feedback.
The potential for "fingerprinting" is there, but is it really avoidable in this day and age. So many approaches exist, such as having people use your login service on targeted websites, or using their IP addresses. Plus, I'm sure operating system developers have taken this into consideration, and have for very good reasons decided the benefits far outweigh the security risks. Remember, the whole idea of the UUID is that it is meant to exist in a universal context, in that, any number of computers will use it to uniquely distinguish something from everything else.
I remember the time Bill Gates, after a long determined effort in a session with developers and organizations everywhere in some undisclosed bunker somewhere, emerged exhausted with what I believe was the first implementation of the UUID. It was heralded by mainstream news outlets all across the globe as a revolutionary development in the world of technology; yet, here we are 16 years later with developers for the leading platform (web browsers) of our time oblivious to its necessity. If there was any technology in which UUID generation should be built-in, first and foremost should be the technology that connects computers together. The UUID is an essential component in the world of connected computers, and to deny developers hassle-free access to it is to deny them a very important privil
ege.
I have no intention of arguing with you about which implementation is acceptable, as I'll just be setting my case up for failure. I pose a function for retrieving system generated UUID's should be implemented immediately, outside any standards body, which can afterward catch up to the standard practice. Clearly, if browser developers can focus on adding so many frills, which I appreciate a lot, don't get me wrong, they can invest a bit of time and effort into something ubiquitously in demand, an intrinsic part of the field, and has been a long time coming. Both, in the short and long term, they will be doing developers a great service by giving them this function immediately.
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