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>For each new origin that the site contacts, a permission prompt will be presented I don't think this is an adequate approach to security. When the browser pre
by quanticle 8y ago
>For each new origin that the site contacts, a permission prompt will be presented
I don't think this is an adequate approach to security. When the browser presents me with a prompt to load data from a third party site, I don't know what data is being loaded, what it's being used for, or whether this prompt is expected (as part of the regular functioning of the application) or unexpected (indicating that the application has been compromised, and I should navigate away from it).
In general, I've noticed that users react in one of two ways to these sorts of prompts. Naive users will blanket allow -- allowing all sites to access all of the capabilities of their browsers, regardless of the reason or necessity of that access. More sophisticated users will blanket deny. If it's not immediately apparent why a site needs the permission that it requests, that request will get denied, even if it's a valid requirement. Very very few users will think about why a site is requesting the permissions that it is requesting and consider those requests on a case by case basis.