Recently we have been hearing from staff about this warning appearing in Chrome
“You are using an unsupported command-line flag:—use-fake-ui-for-media-stream. Stability and security will suffer”
Upon further research it appears this particular warning was added to Chrome due to security concerns.
https://chromium-bugs.chromium.narkive.com/gBMVJO9m/issue-520377-in-chromium-webrtc-use-fake-ui-for-media-stream-flag-should-display-a-warning
It seems that warning appears when a plugin attempts to work-around or disable the browser security function that asks for user permission to use the camera/mic. Also, this warning did not appear in older versions of Chrome, so it’s a relatively new warning added to the browser to alert the user to a potential security flaw.
I suspect this is related to the telehealth features of the plugin and eCW product.
My questions are:
1) Has anyone else approached eCW about this warning and why it appears? I have an open case right now with them.
2) Can anyone confirm my suspicions this results in attempted security degradation in the browser?
Also, most of my research indicates this Chrome flag should only be used for testing purposes. Not a production environment.
Example)
https://community.lambdatest.com/t/getting-permission-to-media-devices-in-automation-test/5489