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codedokodelast Tuesday at 1:57 PM2 repliesview on HN

The website wants to connect to another computer|another app on your computer.

Most users probably will click "No" and this is a good choice.


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gruezlast Tuesday at 2:16 PM

>The website wants to connect to another computer|another app on your computer.

"website wants to connect to another computer" basically describes all websites. Do you really expect the average user to understand the difference? The exploit is also non-trivial either. SDP and TURN aren't privacy risks in and of themselves. They only pose risks when the server is set to localhost and with a cooperating app.

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afavourlast Tuesday at 2:01 PM

But that says nothing about the danger of identifying you.

> Most users probably will click "No"

Strong disagree. When I'm loading google.com is my computer not connecting to another computer? From a layman's perspective this is the basis of the internet doing what it does. Not to mention, the vast majority of users say yes to pretty much any permission prompt you put in front of them.