Test one permission at a time. Every preview, sensor reading and clipboard test stays in this tab. The rest of THE MIRROR works if you decline them all.
No automatic permission prompts. Stop buttons end active access inside the page. To revoke the browser’s permission, use its site settings. Leaving this lab stops camera, microphone and sensor access.
Your precise location
Your IP offers an approximate region. A browser location request may reveal latitude, longitude and an accuracy radius in meters.
Permission state not exposed
LOCAL ONLY · NO CONTENT SAVED
A view through your camera
Reveals permitted camera labels and a live local preview. Nothing is recorded or uploaded. Stop closes the media tracks.
Permission state not exposed
LOCAL ONLY · NO CONTENT SAVED
The sound around you
A local level meter and permitted device labels. Audio never leaves this page and is never recorded.
Permission state not exposed
LOCAL ONLY · NO CONTENT SAVED
Motion sensors
Acceleration and rotation-rate readings, where your browser permits them. iPhone and iPad may ask for access.
Permission state not exposed
LOCAL ONLY · NO CONTENT SAVED
Device orientation
The orientation angles your device exposes. Readings are local; a stationary device may emit no events.
Permission state not exposed
LOCAL ONLY · NO CONTENT SAVED
Notification permission
Ask whether this origin may show notifications. This test creates no subscription and sends no notification.
Permission state not exposed
LOCAL ONLY · NO CONTENT SAVED
Write to your clipboard
Copies the sentence “I can see what the web can see.” This changes your clipboard only when you click.
Permission state not exposed
LOCAL ONLY · NO CONTENT SAVED
Read from your clipboard
Reads once after your action. Only the character count is shown. The text is immediately discarded and never sent.
Permission state not exposed
LOCAL ONLY · NO CONTENT SAVED
Connected MIDI devices
Lists MIDI ports the browser permits. No SysEx access, messages, music, or device controls are requested.
Permission state not exposed
LOCAL ONLY · NO CONTENT SAVED
Bluetooth, USB, Serial and HID availability appear in the Human Mirror inventory. This exhibit does not request control of connected hardware. Permission status labels may be unavailable in Safari even when an explicit request works.