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Re:WebUSB Extension for Firefox by dylan604 on Monday April 20, 2026 @05:53PM (#47841459)
The most important USB thing I have are storage devices. Keyboards/mice/etc are much less of a concern. If something rogue happens to a drive, that's a "major problem in Australia. Please help us stop it" situation.
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Re:WebUSB Extension for Firefox by lxgr on Monday April 20, 2026 @06:23PM (#47841824)
That would indeed be horrible, which is why storage devices are explicitly excluded from WebUSB.
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Re:WebUSB Extension for Firefox by dylan604 on Monday April 20, 2026 @07:29PM (#47842511)
It's a good thing that history has shown us that things have never happened that were designed not to happen. Sure, my tinfoil hat is securely fashioned, but I've been around long enough to see things get subverted even if it's not until long after release.
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