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nottorp 22 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The Web Is Broken – Botnet Part 2

Oh, funny you should pick WebRTC. Back when I was still using Chrome, it prevented my desktop from sleeping because 'WebRTC has active peer connections'. With no indication on which page that is happening.

Great respect for the user's resources.

klabb3 22 days ago [–]

Haha yeah I personally hate WebRTC. It’s a mess and I’ve literally rewritten the parts of it I need in order to avoid it. (Check my profile)

I just brought it up as a technology that at the very least is both legitimate and common.

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