Re: Permission and the Device enumeration labels (Re: [Bug 22214] How long do permissions persist?)

On 3 June 2014 07:57, Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> wrote:
> Now, if an HTTP app wants to support the flow
>
> 1) Pick a camera
> 2) Take a photo
> 3) Repeat from 1) or end
>
> he has to open up a random device, enumerate labels, show the camera list,
> open up the camera, and hang on to his random device till the end.

I think that this case is one where the site can (and should) move to
HTTPS and persistent permissions.

I'll also note that this flow, as described, doesn't work for
snapshots.  I believe that persistent permissions are required to
access other cameras.  At least in Firefox, a one-off consent grant
doesn't allow the site to open other cameras.

Received on Tuesday, 3 June 2014 17:24:22 UTC