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		qwertox 69 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a user... Proposing this in 2025. While probably knowing about this problem since Chrome was released (2008). Why not treat any local access as if it were an access to a microphone?

A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 68 days ago | [–]

I would love for someone with more knowledge to opine on this, because, to me, it seems like it would actually be the most sane default state.

dadrian 68 days ago | [–]

That is literally what this proposal is suggesting.

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