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zb3today at 1:47 PM3 repliesview on HN

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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lpcvoidtoday at 1:50 PM

Fair, but remember that we are the <~1% of people who even know what webusb is. I'm not sure I share your view on this.

Maybe an about:config switch to enable it would be enough to stop casuals from pwning their peripherals.

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Orygintoday at 2:47 PM

> breaking computing for everyone else

How is not implementing a Draft spec, which may compromise security badly, breaking computing?

Overreacting much?

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troupotoday at 3:09 PM

> They can click everything away, so maybe

So maybe don't populate the browser with dozens of features requiring permission popups?