> On Sep 19, 2020, at 10:39 AM, Chris Bennett <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 10:14:55AM +0100, Laurence Tratt wrote:
>>
>> I agree that it would simplify the code. The reason that I didn't merge them
>> is because I know that sometimes people want to record audio but not video (I
>> doubt that many people record video without audio). Now, admittedly, this
>> isn't necessarily a super-common use case, so it might not be worth having
>> two knobs for it, but it might be worth considering. Personally I'm
>> completely comfortable with whatever the general consensus is for
>> merging/not-merging!
>
> There are legal reasons for recording video only. Depends on local laws.
> I forget the exact details, but Texas laws regarding informing others if
> they are being recorded are more permissive than other states as far as
> needing to inform. I've only been following this thread lightly, but it
> seems relevant to at least throw that information in.
>
> Chris Bennett
>
>
Admittedly, I have not used audio or video recording on OpenBSD; however, the
minimal code duplication is avoidable in other ways. Having two switches to
control two separate modalities, as you described, provides more flexibility
with respect to truly preventing an application (poorly designed, malicious,
etc) from “snooping” on your audio or video.
Again, I’m not a user of the recording functionality, so this is me throwing my
two cents out there.
-Brian
