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If you don't use these capabilities, they probably amount to less than a Megabyte increase in the file size of the binary, and the potential that you could be s
by matt4077 8y ago
If you don't use these capabilities, they probably amount to less than a Megabyte increase in the file size of the binary, and the potential that you could be shown a dialog when a website asks for permission.
I fail to see how this might significantly cramp your lifestyle, or what this has to do with cloud computing.
(You can even disable these functions globally. Or at least that's what you can currently do with similar APIs like MIDI device access. (And btw: Did MIDI device access ever get you profiled by the CIA?))
- ptero 8y ago> potential that you could be shown a dialog when a website asks for permission First, I suspect that this is in itself annoying to many users (it is to me). Next, even at 1% of accidental clicks it would give out large unintended access. A cynical part of me says that if technology shows tracking benefits it would switch to "accept once, reject every time" and many users would be tempted to click on it just to make those annoying popups go away. The main beneficiaries of this misfeature are advertisers.