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The browser should ask permission from the user to divulge hardware information like this (something that looks like “This website wants to display 3D graphics,
by ninkendo 6y ago
The browser should ask permission from the user to divulge hardware information like this (something that looks like “This website wants to display 3D graphics, but this may divulge information used to track you”, etc.) We already have this for divulging your GPS location and notifications, why not add this too?
Yes, it means you’d get a lot more nagging, but to me, that’s good signal for what sites I should be avoiding in the first place.
- gruez 6y agoI think you severely overestimate the resolve of the average user. They'd be very easily socially engineered into clicking yes, especially when the website is holding the content hostage. Not to mention, there's a wide array of fingerprinting techniques, and many of them have legitimate/common uses in normal sites. eg. window size, browser timezone, canvas.