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Re:WebUSB API: draft spec to safely expose USB device servic... by robert_foss on Sunday April 10, 2016 @12:31PM (#11466866)
Even if you want to remotely attach a USB device, doing it through the browser is a severely silly way to do it. Why not attach USB devices over IRC? Or SAMBA? Just because it is possible, doesn't mean that it's reasonable or good.
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Re:WebUSB API: draft spec to safely expose USB device servic... by voltagex_ on Sunday April 10, 2016 @09:55PM (#11469183)
It's not quite SMB, but Microsoft supports USB-over-RDP: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rds/2010/06/10/introducing-...
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