- From: cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org>
- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:16:27 -0500
- To: public-webrtc@w3.org
I believe it was part of "Google WebRTC Overview & Application Demonstrations" at 13:40 the first day of the conference. PS: Does this discussion belong here or on public-media-capture? Gili On 25/11/2013 12:06 PM, Rob Manson wrote: > What session was that in? And is there an official announcement > somewhere?! > > 8( > > roBman > > > On 26/11/13 3:56 AM, cowwoc wrote: >> Hi, >> >> In the WebRTC World conference Justin Uberti mentioned that Chrome >> (and Firefox too?) will be moving screen sharing out of Javascript, >> requiring developers to publish a browser extension per application >> that wishes to screen-share. The logic behind it was that malicious >> app could be banned from the app store. >> >> One thing I didn't understand (and was not explained) is why screen >> sharing is substantially more security-sensitive than webcam sharing? >> I get the fact that someone could use screen sharing to snoop on my >> banking activity, but how is this any more security sensitive than >> knowing what I look like and where I live? If the security dialog is >> good enough for webcam sharing, why is it not good enough for screen >> sharing? >> >> And finally, couldn't you simply require the use of SSL for this >> feature and then ban malicious applications based on their >> certificate? Requiring the download of an extension is almost like >> requiring a browser plugin for WebRTC. I'd like to avoid it if at all >> possible. >> >> Thanks, >> Gili >> >> > >
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