Design Flaw in Google Chrome Lets Websites Record Audio and Video Secretly
A UX design flaw in Google Chrome could allow malicious websites to record audio or video without alerting the user.
The researcher discovered that if any authorized website pop-ups a headless window using a JavaScript code, it can start recording audio and video secretly, without the red dot icon, giving no indications in the browser that the streaming is happening.
At this point Google does not consider the problem a flaw, so no patch has been issued.
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