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Wondering how to whack Zoom's dodgy hidden web server on your Mac? No worries, Apple's done it for you

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<guess>I don't know the specifics. But my guess is this javascript using the media capture API. If a web site uses it, the browser prompts. But the localhost is probably exempt. So if you serve your page from a locally installed web server - there's no "annoying" prompt.</guess>

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