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by lachlan-sneff 2119 days ago
It's a shame that Firefox has said they won't implement many of these. The Bluetooth and USB apis would legitimately be really useful. I'm not sure the privacy issues really matter if there's a dialog that the website is trying to use one.
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> I'm not sure the privacy issues really matter if there's a dialog that the website is trying to use one.

If all we rely on to protect security & privacy of user data is a dialog, then there is little hope.

Not really, if the user wants they can post their location, credit card number, etc online. They stand between themselves and their own exploitation. Removing apis doesn't change that.