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		mihar on Nov 28, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to record audio in Chrome with native HTML5 AP... It's one thing to prompt the user when you start recording and another to need to go to chrome://flags. Permissions for privacy invading features should IMO have a unified interface like they have in the OS like Mountain Lion.

kevincennis on Nov 28, 2012 [–]

The need to go to chrome://flags has nothing to do with privacy.

rokgregoric on Nov 28, 2012 | [–]

You need to go to chrome://flags to enable Web Audio Input. The request for the microphone has nothing to do with that .. it's working with or without Web Audio Input.

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