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Re:Chrome 78 Beta: a new Houdini API, native file system acc... by p7IDD243 on Friday September 20, 2019 @09:23PM (#21032867)
The Native File System API sounds like an exploit waiting to be discovered.
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Re:Chrome 78 Beta: a new Houdini API, native file system acc... by synt4x1k0 on Friday September 20, 2019 @09:47PM (#21032968)
https://github.com/WICG/native-file-system/blob/master/EXPLA...
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Re:Chrome 78 Beta: a new Houdini API, native file system acc... by bluquark on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:24PM (#21033105)
Here is a more up-to-date doc on the security model: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/08/native-fil...
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Re:Chrome 78 Beta: a new Houdini API, native file system acc... by jasonvorhe on Saturday September 21, 2019 @07:42AM (#21034724)
We've all heard the same fear mongering when WebGL and access to Bluetooth devices was introduced as a web standard.
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Re:Chrome 78 Beta: a new Houdini API, native file system acc... by propogandist on Sunday September 22, 2019 @12:33AM (#21039679)
what good had come from accessing bluetooth devices, as part of that web standard?
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Re:Chrome 78 Beta: a new Houdini API, native file system acc... by iso-8859-1 on Friday September 20, 2019 @09:29PM (#21032890)
I downvoted you because it is a superficial knee-jerk judgement.
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Re:Chrome 78 Beta: a new Houdini API, native file system acc... by apatheticonion on Friday September 20, 2019 @10:00PM (#21033011)
I upvoted you because you explained your downvote
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Re:Chrome 78 Beta: a new Houdini API, native file system acc... by codewiz on Saturday September 21, 2019 @01:01AM (#21033610)
How does one downvote in HN? I've had an account since 2013 and I can still only upvote.
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Re:Chrome 78 Beta: a new Houdini API, native file system acc... by nindalf on Saturday September 21, 2019 @04:16AM (#21034132)
You need 500 karma, last I checked.
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Re:Chrome 78 Beta: a new Houdini API, native file system acc... by a_t48 on Saturday September 21, 2019 @01:16AM (#21033648)
It’s karma based.
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