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by benologist 3682 days ago
Do you need an example right now or can you wait until someone does something cool with it that's only enabled because the option exists?

If we stopped adding new capabilities to JavaScript even as new sensors and w/e go mainstream we'd start needing Flash all over again.

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Before we add any new APIs we need a permissions interface for the web. Many new APIs add creepy data points that the user be aware that they are providing.