Re: [webrtc-pc] Add hardwareAccelerated field to RTCRtpCodecCapability (#2356)

I do not consider the privacy relevant aspects of this addressed.  Is there some other place to continue this?

> Through the MediaCapabilities API it's possible to deduce if there's HW acceleration support for a particular codec.
> WebGL provides the name of the GPU chipset, which contains even more information.
> Once a WebRTC stream is started (which does not require any permission unless the camera/microphone is activated), it's possible to deduce if there's HW acceleration support by looking at the implementation name in getStats or by simply looking at decode times.

These are all very much issues we are trying to address; the privacy concerning aspects of this proposal should be written expecting those issues will be addressed.  Simply moving this functionality to another spec does not address the problem

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