Re: Improve error message when browser denies access to getUserMedia()

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 8:50 PM, cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org> wrote:

> Hi Cullen,
>
>     To be clear: The JS is asking the browser to tell it whether access to
> the camera was denied by the user, or by the browser for reasons outside
> the control of the user. The former is a recoverable error, the latter is
> fatal.
>
>     Do you see any privacy implications there?
>

Sure. It tells the JS whether you have a potentially usable camera.

That may or may not be a big deal, but it is certainly information leakage.

-Ekr