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

Persistence until the page is closed (unless explicitly revoked) would 
be easy for users to understand.

On 5/27/2014 3:33 PM, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
> On 05/26/2014 11:53 AM, bugzilla@jessica.w3.org wrote:
>> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22214
>>
>> --- Comment #2 from Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> ---
>> Discussed at Media TF meeting May 19. Consensus was not reached.
>>
> Follow-up on this one:
>
> It seems that we all agree that stored permissions are scoped per 
> origin, that stored permissions (and any other permissions) can be 
> revoked by the user at any time, and that whether permission is given 
> for one device, all devices, or some subset of them is entirely an UA 
> option.
>
> The discussion I heard at the Media Capture TF meeting was 
> approximately between two alternatives:
>
> 1) Permission persists until the device is released by all tracks 
> sourced from it.
>
> 2) Permission persists until the page is closed. (This may allow 
> permissions to survive a page reload.)
>
> The time (outside reload) when it makes a difference is if we have the 
> sequence:
>
>   getUserMedia() -> stream (prompt happens)
>   stream.close()
>
>   getUserMedia() -> stream2
>
> Should the second call cause a prompt or not?
> Note: If "all cameras" is the mode, the following code never causes a 
> second prompt in either scenario, I think:
>
>   getUserMedia() -> stream1
>   stream1.clone() -> stream2
>   stream2.enable = false  // to turn off the "capturing" indication
>   stream1.close()
>
>   getUserMedia() -> stream3 // no prompt - camera access is still 
> permitted
>
> because stream2 functions as a "handle" to keep the permissions alive.
>
> I think I stated my preference at the meeting, but I would like to 
> hear from the rest - this should be settled one way or the other (or a 
> third...)
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-- 
Jim Barnett
Genesys

Received on Tuesday, 27 May 2014 19:54:34 UTC