- From: Harald Alvestrand via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:59:59 +0000
- To: public-media-capture-logs@w3.org
alvestrand has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-main: == PING: Document tradeoff for non-HTTPS usage of getUserMedia == >From Nick Doty's mail on behalf of PING: "You've heard from the TAG already about whether use of the API ever makes sense in unprivileged contexts. That is, when the user is asked for permission to access their camera, do they understand that they're granting this permission to all network attackers as well as the site they think they're talking to? I suspect this PING email thread is not going to change your minds about that already discussed topic. However, it would be worthwhile to note this security threat in the security considerations section and to note for user agent implementers the difficulty for this permission prompt." This does not suggest a technical change in when getUserMedia is permitted, but does suggest that section 13 (security and privacy) should have some text explaining the reasoning behind the current spec. See https://github.com/w3c/mediacapture-main/issues/249
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