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Re:Firefox 111.0 enabled Origin private file system access by capableweb on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @07:31AM (#35166611)
Seems there are about 18 APIs that require explicit user permission: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Permissions...

7 of those are actually available in Firefox at all.

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Re:Firefox 111.0 enabled Origin private file system access by illiarian on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @07:50AM (#35166789)
It's definitely more complex than that because many of those APIs have additional areas that may or may not be covered by permissions.

For example, Firefox implemented permissions for enumerating MIDI devices, and Chrome didn't, with predictable results: https://twitter.com/denschub/status/1582730985778556931?s=20

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