Comment by leptons
4 hours ago
>The user gets spammed with a million permissions popups a day and has no idea what they are actually accepting or what the risks are.
"A million" is quite the hyperbole. So let's just not do anything anymore because it might cause a permission popup? Or because some idiot might trust a scam website? That's your argument? Sorry, it's not a good argument.
>while the webusb spec is exposing you to potentially high risks of damage to hardware or data theft.
Please explain a realistic scenario where a website >that someone trusts< is going to "damage hardware or cause data theft".
I'll wait.
I don't care about someone's stupid grandfather that is going to find a way to get hacked one way or another - he's not a good reason to hold the rest of us back.
That’s the source of the issue. Apple sells products that are safe for someone’s stupid grandfather. WebUSB is not safe for people who don’t understand the implications. Which is most people.
The rest can choose a different browser.