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tracker1 on April 23, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Taste of WebGPU in Firefox

Could just have an interface to request access for use, such as with camera and sound/microphone.

notyourday on April 24, 2020 [–]

Browser should not be an arbiter of it wanting to access camera/microphone/bluetooth/gpu/etc. Browser should only be able to ask host and it should be hosts' job to allow/deny access based on a policy, asking a user, time of day, etc.

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