Device types and filtering

[backkem]

Having a generic list of local devices leads to some problems:

• Applications are only able to list all devices since there is no obvious way to filter them. This doesn’t provide a very user friendly device overview.
• Users don’t have much control to limit the access of an origin to specific device types. E.g.: a game should only get access to peers or controllers. A remote control app should only have access to TVs. Neither should have access to tour NAS or a doorbell. This filter should be clear in the user consent dialog.

→ We need to introduce some form of ‘device type’ to amend this.

[guest271314]

One option is for users to define their own names and types locally and expose the dialog that the user creates locally. That removes responsibility from specification attempting to restrict or expand or limit devices, since this is all local. The user supplies their own prompt.