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Permission.site (2016)

permission.site

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The list of icons for permissions in my address bar is kinda hilarious now.

Nice but, I cant even go to the non-https version chrome just redirects.

I also do run "unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure" for my local network 192/. Mainly for webcam stuff.

* Edit: Chrome on windows desktop. Havent tested this on mobile.

They could probably fix this by having the HTTP version be served on a different subdomain that only listens for HTTP.

it'd be really nifty if this site provided ANY info whatsoever as to what it did / was for.

Click the buttons and see what happens.

It triggers your browser to ask for various permissions for the site.

Also, notable from the Readme:

> currently maintained by Chromium project members, but note that this is not an official Google product.

So presumably if you want to implement something that uses various browser permissions, this site is a good place to start because people working on the Chromium web browser project are using this site to check interactions of the browser permission system.

It would be really nifty if you used any context clues or pressed any buttons before making uninformed comments.

This site is called hacker news, use your brain, tinker a little.

Giving a random site access to various devices without knowing the purpose would require you to not use your brain though.

Click a button, receive a permission request, refuse it. Congratulations, you know have a good clue as to what this site's purpose is, without giving it access to your device.

Oh wow, I have a "clue" what the purpose of the site is? Yeah sure, no need for any description of what a random site does. Let's just let users waste time collecting clues. Absurd.

> A site to test the interaction of web APIs and browser permissions.

(2016)

Bunch of previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26588480

This is awesome.

> "This is awesome."

I had that exact thought the very moment I clicked through to the site and saw what it was. So very useful.

How can I prevent device orientation and motion from being auto allowed?

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