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		rapind on March 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Things you can do with a browser in 2020 Browsers need better and more usable permissions (and less leakage). Every API that's added is another attack vector.

zzo38computer on March 20, 2020 [–]

Yes, and not only permissions, but overrides, too. (For example, to specify that the battery level should always be reported as a user-defined constant, rather than the actual level, or to use a file instead of a camera (or vice versa) if the user wants to.)

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