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Did anyone else feel uncomfortable with Chrome turning on the mic, recording sound and posting it to a foreign server without asking whether it was allowed to?
by snar 15y ago
Did anyone else feel uncomfortable with Chrome turning on the mic, recording sound and posting it to a foreign server without asking whether it was allowed to? Feels like this could be abused. Would have appreciated an "Allow goolgle.com to access your microphone?" security question.
- stuartmemo 15y agoI'm ok with it. Much in the same way I don't expect to be asked if it's ok to send data to their servers every time I do a normal text search. In what way do you think it could be abused?
- nikron 15y agoIt's one of those web things, without a prompt it feels like any site ever could just recording through the mic and saving it.
- tuxychandru 15y agoDidn't you have to click the mic icon before it started recording anything?
- fgm2r 15y agoYes, but I don't know what the mic icon is. Does it just call a function? Is it a Chrome-provided icon that is always on top? Can the menu that is shown be edited by the website?
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoIt calls a browser function, not a javascript function.
- sixcorners 15y agoI don't think it allows any arbitrary website to record your sounds. Your browser is in charge of turning your sounds into text right?
- Flenser 15y agowithout asking whether it was allowed to I'd hope the mic icon and popup are part of chrome, rather than being something implemented by the web page. If that's the case then consent is implied by clicking on the mic icon.