Re: Why does screen sharing require a browser extension? from Martin Thomson on 2013-11-27 (public-webrtc@w3.org from November 2013)

From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:00:08 -0800
To: cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org>
Cc: Steve Kann <stevek@stevek.com>, Justin Uberti <juberti@google.com>, Lorenzo Miniero <lorenzo@meetecho.com>, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>, "public-webrtc@w3.org" <public-webrtc@w3.org>
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On 27 November 2013 13:55, cowwoc <cowwoc@bbs.darktech.org> wrote:
> Perhaps VNC, TeamViewer and LogMeIn are better examples. I haven't heard of
> a single malicious app based on these, and they have been used for years by
> millions of users.

Windows has had this capability for years, without the need for
additional installation steps.  I think that it is even enabled by
default (I could be wrong here).  Fact is, it isn't a fair comparison:
none of these operate on the web.

Received on Wednesday, 27 November 2013 22:00:35 UTC