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Re:In protest of the web{*} bulldozer, a response to websock... by vbezhenar on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @06:05PM (#23252500)
Another use-case for USB is to access crypto tokens. There are USB devices which store private key and allow to perform crypto operations. It's much safer than storing private key in file system. Using those keys in website is a useful feature.
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Re:In protest of the web{*} bulldozer, a response to websock... by goalieca on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @09:00PM (#23253805)
Ditto for smart cards. I've seen a lot of activex apps over the years do this.
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