Re: Why does screen sharing require a browser extension?

On 25/11/2013 12:25 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
> * cowwoc wrote:
>> 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?
> One difference is that screen sharing has no hardware component, there
> is no light indicating the screen is being recorded and there is no
> option to physically disable screen sharing the way you can put some-
> thing in front of your webcam.

True, but you could implement the same behavior as Java Applets (the 
border of the screen pulses slowly and a warning icon shows up when the 
mouse approaches it. When you hover over the warning icon a tooltip 
shows up reminding you that you're running inside of an applet). We 
could do the same to warn the user that the contents of the box is being 
shared. This is actually beneficial from a UI point of view, because you 
won't necessarily be sharing the entire screen.

Gili

Received on Monday, 25 November 2013 17:29:38 UTC