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When has firefox required direct access to the workstations camera?

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Can anyone provide an example of when Firefox requires direct access to the workstation camera? I do not know if Firefox even requires access to the camera

Can anyone provide an example of when Firefox requires direct access to the workstation camera? I do not know if Firefox even requires access to the camera

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hello it may cause security issue so try to use vlc media player it have a feature and it works well you should try this

and i think the firefox don't have that features

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When do you get asked for permission to access (use) that camera?

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Historically, access to the camera was only available through plugins like Flash. The Flash DLL runs in the plugin-container.exe process; if protected mode is in effect, it may also run outside of that process.

I suspect that access through native APIs (e.g., navigator.mozGetUserMedia) is rare on the desktop. I don't recall getting any requests for it so far personally.

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Hi. I believe what you say to be true. that firefox itself has no reason to access the camera. however I noticed on the Android version it request permissions for camera/microphone.

There should be no operational difference between workstation Firefox or Android should there?

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I think the camera is one of the most popular features of a smartphone. For efficiency, users may want to capture a photo directly to a form on a web page rather than having to attach it from the gallery. Not that I can recall ever doing that...