New W3C Web Bluetooth API Is a Privacy Nightmare

Discussion in 'privacy problems' started by Minimalist, Oct 31, 2016.

  1. Minimalist

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    Minimalist, Oct 31, 2016
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  2. TheWindBringeth

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    I'm glad some are capable of taking a critical look at web/app APIs. Especially those which are hardware related and can negatively impact privacy. FWIW, this guy's site: https://lukaszolejnik.com.
     
    TheWindBringeth, Oct 31, 2016
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    TheWindBringeth, Feb 5, 2017
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  4. Minimalist

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    I hope that they will add off switch to implementation. I'm also glad that it won't run on Windows 7 :)
     
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    Chrome is evil, for sure :(
     
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  6. TheWindBringeth

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    Chrome may be on the leading edge, but other web browser/platform developers are interested as well. For example, I noticed some support in Servo. Given that Mozilla is incorporating code/components from Servo in Firefox, and Firefox code is used by other browsers, some may want to watch out for Web Bluetooth (and other issues) arriving via that route.
     
    TheWindBringeth, Feb 6, 2017
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