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Re:What are some interesting uses of WebUSB you have come ac... by spookthesunset on Saturday January 28, 2023 @10:43PM (#34564667)
That article is from 2020…
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Re:What are some interesting uses of WebUSB you have come ac... by dmitriid on Saturday January 28, 2023 @11:19PM (#34564877)
Nothing has changed. Both Safari and Firefox are against most hardware APIs for reasons of security and privacy.

Sometimes they implement a seemingly innocuous API like WebMIDI, and boom, fingerprinting: https://twitter.com/denschub/status/1582730985778556931?s=20...

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