alt Hacker NewsIt's insane that browsers just hand over API access to my microphone and/or camera to rando web developers. Yes, I know things like Zoom exist. IMO software like that simply shouldn't be possible on browsers, period.
Making the browser into a general purpose system SDK was a mistake--maybe the biggest mistake in personal computing's history.
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lxgr • today at 4:29 PM
This issue is about audio output. Audio and video input are both behind per-site permissions.
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I do not have the Zoom app in any form installed. I'd much rather use it in the browser. When I close the tab, Zoom is gone. After the COVID era bullshit of Zoom installing a utility that gives root access to anything, I've never installed it. Luckily, all of that came out before I started using Zoom.