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Re: [mediacapture-main] Spec does no handle fingerprinting related to exposing non default capture devices (#559)

From: Philipp Hancke via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:24:44 +0000
To: public-webrtc-logs@w3.org
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> most (all?) WebRTC usecases/apps do not seem to require it.

The "select your devices before you join" screen is common enough.

The other major use case is figuring out whether there is a cam/mic connected before calling GUM requesting access to what is present. Arguably that is working around suboptimal behaviour (not being able to say 'give me what is there with the users consent') but changing that now...

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