Re: Proposal for output device selection from Harald Alvestrand on 2013-08-20 (public-media-capture@w3.org from August 2013)

From: Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:04:51 +0200
To: public-media-capture@w3.org
Message-ID: <52130703.4010400@alvestrand.no>

On 08/19/2013 11:58 PM, Josh Soref wrote:
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> Further, any permission that can be asked for can be easily acquired through blackmail by the application "if you want candy you will let me have this", which makes the "permission" a joke. 
This applies for any permission scheme whatsoever, so it's not a
criterion we can use for distinguishing between schemes.

BTW, "If you want candy" is usually termed bribery, not blackmail, I think.

Received on Tuesday, 20 August 2013 06:05:20 UTC