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WebMIDI has been used by porn sites to track users: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23679063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23679063
by JimDabell 2y ago
WebMIDI has been used by porn sites to track users:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23679063 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23679063
- _flux 2y agoAs I understand it, it was because WebMIDI was accepted by Chrome without prompting the user. To me it seems should be impossible use it for tracking after they added the prompt.
- cship2 2y agoWhenever the committe crams another desktop features into the browser you can be sure it is mainly convenience and surveillance!
- saint_yossarian 2y agoThat is/was a Chrome problem, Firefox only allows WebMIDI after granting permission. Unfortunately its implementation is also incomplete/buggy so I still often end up using Chrome for those use cases anyway.