Comment by Alex3917
5 years ago
> I don't want random web sites I open (and their ads) to ask permission to scan bluetooth in my area and use usb devices connected to my computer.
Why not? It makes complete sense for something like a website that backs up the photos stored on your camera. What's even the counter argument, that if people want to back up their data they should have to pay Apple?
If you've granted a website access to a restricted API, the browser can just paint a flashing red border around the website or whatever, similar to how people configure their terminals when they're SSH'd into prod.
I don't want random sites to ask to use anything on my computer. It's like a popup ad - it's annoying and blocks the site. Sure, there are legitimate use cases, but if it's anything like push notifications it will be heavily abused and far too many sites will ask for permissions.
Because every other site will start asking you to scan Bluetooth when some ad network starts using it to fingerprint you