[shortformblog]

That you built this in such a short span of time is impressive, and really does a great job undercutting the “security” reasons for the dot to be there.

[klodolph]

I don't think this undercuts the security reasons. I think the general idea is that if you leave Zoom / FaceTime / OBS open and recording, the orange dot is there. Same dot, same place, no matter what app you are using, as long as the developer doesn't disable it.

Using the API to disable the dot requires some pretty scary permissions to be enabled on the app disabling the dot.

[bww]

Sure, a program couldn't have a level of access that it's not supposed to have. Let's design security beginning with that assumption.

[klodolph]

The sarcasm is getting in the way of whatever point you're trying to make.