- From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 11:24:12 -0700
- To: Jim Barnett <1jhbarnett@gmail.com>
- Cc: "public-media-capture@w3.org" <public-media-capture@w3.org>
On 14 May 2014 11:15, Jim Barnett <1jhbarnett@gmail.com> wrote: > I think this is reasonable. (As as aside, if the app is calling gUM > repeatedly in order to fingerprint, won't it likely trigger the permissions > prompt? If the app already knows which calls to gUM it can make without > triggering the permissions prompt, it doesn't need to finger print, does > it?) A careful fingerprinter will only trigger the prompt once, at which point they will have collected all the information they require. A careful and conservative fingerprinter will be able to avoid the prompt entirely for many users. Assuming that they place an upper bound on the amount of information they probe for.
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