[tbb-bugs] #26444 [Applications/Tor Browser]: OSX 10.14 adds persisted-to-disk permission prompts for WebCam/Mic access

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#26444: OSX 10.14 adds persisted-to-disk permission prompts for WebCam/Mic access
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 Reporter:  tom                       |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-disk-leak             |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by gk):

 * keywords:   => tbb-disk-leak


Comment:

 Replying to [ticket:26444 tom]:
 > OSX 10.14 Beta has added OS-level permission prompts for Mic/Camera
 access. According to Mozilla's prelimimary testing the behavior was:
 >
 > > The description I found said the OS should cache the results of the
 prompt. Did a quick test - 1st try: get the the Firefox dialog then two OS
 dialogs for the "Firefox" process (camera and mic), 2nd try: get OS dialog
 for "plugin-container", 3rd try: no OS dialogs
 >
 > I requested we file a bug about persisting this to disk in Private
 Browsing mode (and what, if anything we could do about that...) but I
 wanted to get this bug on file for Tor Browser.

 Yes, please file a bug at bmo. We can track the Tor Browser bits here,
 though.

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