alt Hacker NewsHow do you make sure that technically illiterate people don't just click away the requestDevice() popup? IMHO a browser offering device level USB access is a security nightmare and there is no way this can ever be made safe and convenient at the same time.
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exe34 • today at 1:49 PM
You can ask them to type one of the following sentences:
"I know what I'm doing, and giving a random website access to my USB host is the right thing to do."
"I'm an idiot."
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gear54rus • today at 2:04 PM
You simply don't. This quest of saving idiots from themselves is not gaining anyone anything and meanwhile other people get more and more useless restrictions.
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zb3 • today at 1:47 PM
They can click everything away, so maybe educate them or buy an ios device for your relatives instead of breaking computing for everyone else.
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Isn't that the same excuse Gooogle is using to lrevent folks from installing what they want on Android phones?