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+== WebTelephony ==
 Brief purpose of API: Make and receive phone calls
-*WebAPI:https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/WebTelephony
-*B2G Meta telephony bughttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699235
-*Web Telephony meta bug:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674726
 General Use Cases: None
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 Threat severity: high to critical, confidential information disclosure and direct financial risk
-== Regular web content (unauthenticated) ==
+References:
-Use cases for unauthenticated code: click on a phone number in an email or browser to dial
+*WebAPI: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/WebTelephony
-*Authorization model for uninstalled web content: explicit (web activities)
+*B2G Meta telephony bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699235
-*Authorization model for installed web content: explicit (web activities)
+*Web Telephony meta bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674726
-*Potential mitigations: When user clicks on a phone number, app triggers a web activity to initiate the call.  User interaction required to trigger.
+*Security discussion: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla.dev.webapps/34LUf50tpKA/discussion
-== Trusted (authenticated by publisher) ==
-Use cases for authenticated code:
-* Fun dialers (eg. rotary dialer)
-Authorization model: explicit (web activities)
-== Certified (vouched for by trusted 3rd party) ==
+{| border="1" class="wikitable"
-Use cases for certified code:
+! Type
+! Use Cases
+! Authorization Model
+! Notes & Other Controls
+|-
+| Web Content || click on a phone number in an email or browser to dial || No direct access (access via web activities) || When user clicks on a phone number, app triggers a web activity to initiate the call.  User interaction required to trigger.
+|-
+| Installed Web Apps || As Above || No direct access (access via web activities) || As above.
+|-
+| Privileged Web Apps || As Above || No direct access (access via web activities) || As above.
+|-
+| Certified Web Apps ||
 * Handler for telephony web activities
 * Replacement dialer
 * Voice conference software (e.g. connect Voip with a mobile call)?
 * Mediate incoming calls (accept/reject/merge)
 * Query transceiver state
-Authorization model: implicit
+|| Implicit
-Potential mitigations: none
+|}
+__NOTOC__
+[[Category:Web APIs]]
+[[Category:Security]]