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It’s incredibly disrespectful. Nobody wants some random ad listening to their microphone. That they’re trying it anyway indicates that they’re hoping to get som
by mikeash 7y ago
It’s incredibly disrespectful. Nobody wants some random ad listening to their microphone. That they’re trying it anyway indicates that they’re hoping to get some people with browsers that don’t block it, or trick some people into saying yes.
It’s not harmful, as long as you’re not one of the people who gets tricked. But it does indicate that they want to do you harm, and try to. That they failed doesn’t make it all better.
- jimmaswell 7y agoIt's probably just a mistake and not actually trying to collect anything.
- mikeash 7y agoYou think it’s hitting the JavaScript microphone API by mistake? How?
- ladberg 7y agoIt's Google's fingerprinting for tracking you across the web. It won't actually listen to or play anything, it just opens it up to see if it's there.
- mikeash 7y agoWe have no way of knowing that when a permission alert comes up. The only reason we’d ever allow it is if we were tricked or exploited.
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- SilasX 7y agoWait, it was listening in on the microphone too? Doesn’t that break wiretapping laws?