Re: WebAPI Security Discussion: Camera API

2012-04-25 Thread Jason Miller
of termination UI like the "stop recording" and "uninstall & report" persistent UI. Jason Miller 519.872.0797 // developIT <http://developit.ca/> // Jason Miller Design<http://jasonmillerdesign.com/> *Developer of amoeba

Re: [b2g] WebAPI Security Discussion: Camera API

2012-04-16 Thread Jason Miller
> > If the user picks 'no', a well-written app should allow other > > functionality to work, but won't be able to use the camera. Too many developers fall into this trap: If a user installs a camera application (some basic alternative camera), but denies it camera access - why would the OS even

Re: [b2g] WebAPI Security Discussion: Camera API

2012-04-16 Thread Jason Miller
That is one area where one could trust the app - the only way for it to gain access to the camera would be to insert the button's DOM node facade (this is a secure mechanism, because the DOM node is not the button itself, it is only a placement indicator). The OS then observes the positioning, det

Re: [b2g] WebAPI Security Discussion: Camera API

2012-04-15 Thread Jason Miller
> NO. it *has* to be "the Operating System embeds the 'magic' photo or > videorecord icons". you CANNOT do "security by cooperation in > userspace". this isn't firefox: it's a completely different ballgame. This is the same as text input within the browser on Android - there is a DOM element t

Re: WebAPI Security Discussion: Camera API

2012-04-15 Thread Jason Miller
user has to permanently grant or deny camera access, the better the user experience becomes for apps the user actually intends to use - remember, ideally these security additions should impact the malicious apps more than apps that have a genuine need for camera access. Jason Miller 5

Re: WebAPI Security Discussion: Camera API

2012-04-15 Thread Jason Miller
out malicious apps using the camera. - Jason Jason Miller 519.872.0797 // developIT <http://developit.ca/> // Jason Miller Design<http://jasonmillerdesign.com/> *Developer of amoebaOS <https://amoebaos.com/>, Shutterborg<http://shutterb.org/> & more * On Sun, Ap

Re: WebAPI Security Discussion: Camera API

2012-04-12 Thread Jason Miller
. At the very least, the typical permissions based approach gives the users who genuinely care about their security rather convenient tools to manage it. Reading comments on the Android market does seem to confirm that this group of users actively polices their apps to ensure they aren&

Re: WebAPI Security Discussion: Camera API

2012-04-12 Thread Jason Miller
> > > This is a good point. Clickjacking could be addressed by designing a way > to ensure an element is "on top" (a master z-index?) and also ensuring that > the button is visible for at least {the time it takes for a human to > recognize a button}+1 before it can be pressed. > > No, this does no