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[-] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't have much else to add. You've clearly thought about this topic (WebUSB) more than I have, and I've given people grief in the past for similarly thin arguments slandering Signal over "what if" type scenarios.

In the end I am saying I wish we didn't have things that we already have, which is ultimately pointless anyway. I wish the nature of interacting with a website was much more strictly one directional. I wish it was never considered appropriate for a remote server to learn about or interact with my own requesting hardware. There are a hundred other things I don't want that we have, many much more impactful than this. You seem much more open-minded, and regardless clearly a lot of the rest of the world agrees with you.

Think we just disagree, but I also don't mean to blow WebUSB out of proportion. Plenty worse things for me to get worked up about that also aren't going anywhere.

this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2026
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