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

On 2014-06-03 01:46, cowwoc wrote:
> 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.

No it's not. gmail already has access to all my mails all the time. I 
regard the camera as a resource I let gmail use at times I choose.

/Adam

Received on Tuesday, 3 June 2014 05:54:04 UTC