Re: Why does screen sharing require a browser extension? from Martin Thomson on 2013-11-26 (public-webrtc@w3.org from November 2013)

From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:52:56 -0800
To: cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org>
Cc: Justin Uberti <juberti@google.com>, "public-webrtc@w3.org" <public-webrtc@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CABkgnnULjkp7q8=Xgq1VuhLBCo9xb7gfsb493XFL4QYLtne3vg@mail.gmail.com>

On 26 November 2013 15:46, cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org> wrote:
> If the default is "don't share" (similar to CORS) then I don't think this
> approach scales.

If the choice here is between "some sites don't work" and "user's get
screwed and don't understand why", I think that I know where I stand.

There is a possibility that the default for the top-level frame can be
made permissive.  That's something that might need some extra thought.
 I don't think that you can say that iframes are ever safe to allow.

Received on Tuesday, 26 November 2013 23:53:24 UTC