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I was a little skeptical. Repeated the steps. Indeed it asks for camera access.

• ldh0011 4y ago
  Looks like it is to take a photo for the certificate at the bottom of the page https://github.com/BloombergMedia/whatiscode/blob/master/modules/certificate/certificate.js https://github.com/BloombergMedia/whatiscode/blob/master/mod...
  • ge96 4y ago
    Oh I see. Yeah when you do a ctrl+f it doesn't say something like "let us take a picture of you" but I do see the cert at the bottom/placeholder when you decline. Suppose it could be a wow factor/adds to the interactive elements of the page.
    • ldh0011 4y ago
      Yeah it wasn't as immediately obvious to me what was going on as I think the author expected, seeing something ask for my camera unexpectedly is alarming! But the article was otherwise pretty great.