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There's a lot of data that doesn't need to be present, or presented, without user approval. The info at https://browserleaks.com/ https://browserleaks.com/ is j
by danudey 6y ago
There's a lot of data that doesn't need to be present, or presented, without user approval. The info at https://browserleaks.com/ https://browserleaks.com/ is just... ridiculously detailed.
I don't see why a website should be able to get information about my WebGL capabilities without me being asked first if I want to let them display content, or why they can get a list of audio and video input devices without asking to use them first.
Even on Firefox, which I think is generally doing a much better job about this stuff, there's so amazingly much data that shouldn't be shared without asking first.
- dheera 6y ago> why they can get a list of audio and video input devices without asking to use them first I don't think they can do this without audio/video permissions (?)
- gcbirzan 6y agoThe problem is that you cannot just add a new permission and expect things to not break. The flow for requesting permissions is different and would break pretty much every website that uses these APIs.