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Re: [rtcweb] Notes on security for browser-based screen/application sharing

Ralph Giles <giles@thaumas.net> Tue, 26 March 2013 21:37 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Notes on security for browser-based screen/application sharing
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On 13-03-26 2:15 PM, Stephen Farrell wrote:

> Yep. Are the use-cases in webrtc for that kind of sensor
> data to be made available over the n/w or is it all handled
> locally?

Most sensor data can be passed through a DataChannel without any special
handling by WebRTC. There only needs to be a use case if it's a form of
data that makes sense to compress and transmit as audio or video.

 -r

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