… additionally, you have the burden of proving to the user that you’re worthy of trust before asking for something like this. Otherwise, this could come across as malicious.

I mean, my first thought when I read the headline was "Directly through the browser? Is that even safe?" … so I would expect the website to tread lightly, anticipating that there are a lot of security concerns when it comes to piping personal video around the world and addressing a lot of that up front.