Bug#837637: Audio settings often reset to 100% Volume

[Starchy Grant]

On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:10:49 -0300 Felipe Sateler <fsateler at debian.org>
wrote:
> 
> The volume is reset by applications that try to set the master volume
> to 100%. Most applications don't try doing that anymore.

How can this be prevented? It seems like a health and safety issue,
since sounds played at 100% volume can damage audio equipment or even
cause hearing loss. In my experience there is no indication of what
application is changing the master volume or why it is permitted to do
so without user intervention.