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Was browsing on the GrapheneOS website and came across a new thing called WebUSB, which is essentially a JS API through which GrapheneOS web installer worked.

This got me wondering, if website could read what's plugged into my computer like my phone or disks, isn't that a huge risk to privacy? I don't know how this works (haven't used it) so I would like to know about its privacy.

AFAIK Firefox doesn't allow this API, so that's a relief (I use librefox), but what about other browsers? I am getting a bit paranoid.

[Also, are there other APIs like these; which are a privacy nightmare that websites could use?]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If they can, I'm going to buy a whole bunch of vibrators that charge via USB

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

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