Re: Can getUserMedia() get called on a callback/event ? from Martin Thomson on 2015-01-10 (public-webrtc@w3.org from January 2015)

From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 16:44:05 -0800
To: Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net>
Cc: "public-webrtc@w3.org" <public-webrtc@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CABkgnnU0x9S6ZkBBAjZ8w8GB=GSk1PvARACH2FU4ZakHV3w3gg@mail.gmail.com>

On 9 January 2015 at 15:36, Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> wrote:
> Let's simplify: do you agree that gUM should be able to be called when
> the page is loaded (without user interaction)?

No.  For the aforementioned reasons.  Navigation is too easily under
attacker control.

We might be able to carve out a few exceptions, but I tend to think
that an engagement gesture is necessary.

Received on Saturday, 10 January 2015 00:44:32 UTC