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Re:Show HN: Website changes design each time you blink by depressedpanda on Friday July 23, 2021 @08:52AM (#27930092)
I'm not exactly young, but I gave the site temporary access without thinking much about it; I know the tech and I'm confident my browser will revoke access as soon as I close the tab.

I realize now, that I did not consider what the site might do while it has access. Maybe a video or pictures of me blinking are uploaded to some shady server somewhere now.

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Re:Show HN: Website changes design each time you blink by user48a on Friday July 23, 2021 @09:03AM (#27930178)
That was exactly my concern: Somehow I'm just not comfortable with the thought of them having these pictures of me... kind of silly but still...
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Re:Show HN: Website changes design each time you blink by ALittleLight on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:46PM (#27936489)
Security cameras and such record you all the time though out in public. I presume there are many random servers containing video where you are blinking.
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Re:Show HN: Website changes design each time you blink by TchoBeer on Friday July 23, 2021 @01:23PM (#27933262)
What are you afraid of them doing with that?
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Re:Show HN: Website changes design each time you blink by yreg on Friday July 23, 2021 @06:43PM (#27936461)
I'm happy to send a gif of me blinking to any attacker who wants it.
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Re:Show HN: Website changes design each time you blink by 0xdeadb00f on Friday July 23, 2021 @10:52PM (#27938027)
Same realisation here. This is the only time I have ever granted camera access to a website. And even though this is a legitimate project, I feel as if they can take advantage of that access.
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