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iFixit wants to fix the soldering iron (www.engadget.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I believe this is one of those Google "F it I am going to make this protocol my own way without anyone else's input" which results in security concerns and also Mozilla prioritizes it being a browser more.

Searching serial looks like this is still the case. There are security and privacy concerns over it.

https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

For those not wanting go search:

Mozilla's Position

Devices that offer serial interfaces often expose powerful, low-level functions over the interface with little or no authentication. Exposing that sort of capability to the web without adequate safeguards presents a significant threat to those devices. A user deliberately installing a site-specific add-on may be adequate, given sufficiently understandable consent copy.

Seems reasonable to me.

Google mainly built this WebSerial shit because they HAVE TO to make Chrome OS more than just a useless web browser.