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bayindirhlast Wednesday at 1:12 PM1 replyview on HN

When enrolling Yubikeys and similar devices, Firefox sometimes warns "This website requires extra information about your security device which might affect your privacy. Do you want to give this information? Refusing might cause the process to fail."

You can use a similar language for WebRTC.


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1718627440last Thursday at 9:24 AM

I wouldn't understand that. Is it getting a manufacturer address to block some devices? Does it use a key to encrypt something? Which "security device? /dev/urandom?

I see that non-technical users can be confused by too much information, but when you omit this even knowledgeable users can't make an informed decision.

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