Re: [Bug 22214] How long do permissions persist?

On 02/06/2014 6:22 PM, Martin Thomson wrote:
> On 2 June 2014 15:19, cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org> wrote:
>> I'll flip this on its head: why do you want to deny permissions when the
>> page is reloaded? What are you protecting the user from? :)
> You.  And everyone like you who think that the camera is theirs.

Again, what attack vector are you actually protecting the user from?

This is equivalent to asking users of gmail.com to re-authenticate every 
time they navigate to a different email or reload the page. It's just 
silly and not grounded in security.

We're building software for human beings, not machines! :)

Gili

Received on Monday, 2 June 2014 23:47:38 UTC