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It's probably just a mistake and not actually trying to collect anything.

• mikeash 7y ago
  You think it’s hitting the JavaScript microphone API by mistake? How?
  • ladberg 7y ago
    It'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 ago
      We 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.
• deleted 7y ago
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