Re: Proposal for output device selection

On 20 August 2013 23:48, Justin Uberti <juberti@google.com> wrote:
> Having the allow box simply serves as a deterrent to sites from silently
> using this information to identify the user.

While that is true, a permissions dialog is likely to be a massive
nuisance to users.

I just don't believe that the weak fingerprinting signal to be worthy
of this level of protection.  Regardless of what best practice
regarding permissions gathering is, I haven't seen a strong enough
case for actually requiring it.  I've got so many ways to fingerprint
you without enumerating your devices as is.  Heck, I can get your IP
address now.  All of them.

Received on Wednesday, 21 August 2013 15:38:03 UTC