@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Note that mixing CSS rules and JS-defined stuff can easily get messy,
8484as demonstrated by CSSFontFaceRule vs FontFace...
8585
8686The following UA-defined [=environment variables=] are officially defined and must be supported.
87- Additional UA-defined [=environment variables=] * must not* be supported
87+ Additional UA-defined [=environment variables=] <em> must not</em> be supported
8888unless/until they are added to this list.
8989
9090<index type=value for=env()></index>
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ It is only syntax-checked after ''env()'' functions have been [=substituted=].
279279
280280 1. If the name provided by the first argument of the ''env()'' function
281281 is a recognized [=environment variable=] name, the number of supplied integers
282- matches the number of dimensions of the [=environment variable=] referenced
283- by that name, and values of the indices correspond to a known sub-value,
282+ matches the number of dimensions of the [=environment variable=] referenced
283+ by that name, and values of the indices correspond to a known sub-value,
284284 replace the ''env()'' function by the value of the named [=environment variable=] .
285285
286286 2. Otherwise, if the ''env()'' function has a fallback value as its second argument,
@@ -314,3 +314,27 @@ as the ''var()'' function does.
314314When an ''env()'' is used in a [=shorthand property=] ,
315315then,
316316it has the same effects as defined in [[css-variables-1#variables-in-shorthands]] .
317+
318+ <h2 id=priv>
319+ Privacy Considerations</h2>
320+
321+ The [=environment variables=] defined by this specification
322+ are <em> potentially</em> privacy-sensitive,
323+ since they represent additional information
324+ potentially not already avaialble to the page.
325+ In particular, they potentially represent a fingerprinting vector,
326+ by exposing additional information
327+ about the device a user is viewing the page with.
328+
329+ So far, the [=environment variables=] defined by this specifcation
330+ have been reviewed and deemed acceptable to expose
331+ by the CSSWG.
332+
333+ <h2 id=sec>
334+ Security Considerations</h2>
335+
336+ This specification provides read-only access
337+ to some new types of information about the device.
338+
339+ The [=environment variables=] defined by this specification
340+ do not expose any security-sensitive information.
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