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I'd assume the small percentage with a midi device who are going to music app websites would be more likely to know
by mavhc 6y ago
I'd assume the small percentage with a midi device who are going to music app websites would be more likely to know
- mynameisvlad 6y agoAnyone can request MIDI permissions. The parent comment implies a bad actor using the API for something like fingerprinting, and a common user who may have never even heard of MIDI, let alone have a device.
- mavhc 6y agoBut won't the user then go "why would I allow this website to access something I don't know about?" or, if they clicked yes anyway, the entropy would be ~0 as they have no midi devices. This is assuming we moved to a model where more permissions had to be requested rather than just allowed
- mynameisvlad 6y agoNo, of course they wouldn't. You or I would, sure, but a regular user is pretty much conditioned to accept whatever to make the page load.
- mavhc 6y agoIf they don't care about privacy enough to learn about it, that's fair, no point wasting your time to avoid a problem that isn't affecting you much.