Re: [whatwg] Do we really need to introduce a device element for giving access to webcams and mikes?

2010-05-04 Thread Tran, Dzung D
The device was added by Ian Hickson in response to some of the work in the W3C DAP working group. The original intent was to make sure the user are actively grant permission to a particular device camera or microphone instead of just click okay since some malicious site can just capture and

[whatwg] Do we really need to introduce a device element for giving access to webcams and mikes?

2010-05-03 Thread Julien Cayzac
Hi, I've been reading lately about the new proposed device element, and was wondering if it was needed at all. IMHO, a video originating from an attached camera is not different from a video originating from the network, so video could be used here. Displaying the webcam in a page could be done

Re: [whatwg] Do we really need to introduce a device element for giving access to webcams and mikes?

2010-05-03 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Tue, 04 May 2010 11:01:14 +0900, Julien Cayzac julien.cay...@gmail.com wrote: I've been reading lately about the new proposed device element, and was wondering if it was needed at all. IMHO, a video originating from an attached camera is not different from a video originating from the

Re: [whatwg] Do we really need to introduce a device element for giving access to webcams and mikes?

2010-05-03 Thread Julien Cayzac
(forgot to do a Reply to all on this one. Sorry, Anne, for the duplicate) On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Anne van Kesteren ann...@opera.com wrote: What is the model for protecting user privacy here? It was in my message: in both cases the browser should notify the user the page is requesting

Re: [whatwg] Do we really need to introduce a device element for giving access to webcams and mikes?

2010-05-03 Thread Julien Cayzac
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Julien Cayzac julien.cay...@gmail.com wrote: I am not sure if I get your point here: are you saying that using the webcam locally in a canvas and somehow transmitting the webcam video over the network are two independent permissions to grant? If so, how would