openedx / openedx/openedx-platform
[DEPR] Remove Flash-based user photo upload functionality in verify_student.
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Since Jan 15, 2025.
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Description
Proposal Date
2025-01-15
Target Ticket Acceptance Date
2025-01-22
Earliest Open edX Named Release Without This Functionality
Tenatively: Teak
Rationale
Long ago, before WebRTC support was universal, we added a Flash-based mechanism to allow users to upload a photo of themselves for the purposes of student verification. I'm not sure how much of the overall app is still used, but the Flash functionality can definitely be removed–WebRTC support has been universal for a while, and Flash hasn't been supported by browsers since 2020.
Removal
Remove CameraCapture.swf, CameraCapture.as, and all references to those files in verify_student.
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