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Re:WebUSB API: draft spec to safely expose USB device servic... by mtgx on Sunday April 10, 2016 @12:43PM (#11466935)
Do they, though?

I just tested this on the phone today - it sees even my damn ambient light, in real-time. Why the hell is stuff like this allowed to be seen by default in a browser?

http://webkay.robinlinus.com/

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Re:WebUSB API: draft spec to safely expose USB device servic... by pests on Sunday April 10, 2016 @10:21PM (#11469255)
That website is not using specific browser features to find other devices. It is using standard JavaScript networking functions to check for known classes of devices on your internal network.

Might be splitting hairs, but it's not like the browser is providing a direct API to that data.

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