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		saagarjha on Jan 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: I taught my little brother JS, and he mad... That's…quite surprising. It's a cool feature, but I'm afraid that it's just another surface that can will be used for browser fingerprinting.

dddddaviddddd on Jan 9, 2019 [–]

Surely it asks explicitly for permission to use the sensor?

pedrocx486 on Jan 9, 2019 | | [–]

Chrome does not, no.

crsv on Jan 10, 2019 | | [–]

Mobile safari on an iPhone XR just worked.

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