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Sounds like your only objection is over how scary-looking the prompt is?

Running a downloaded executable is already "one click away", and connecting a website to a Bluetooth device isn't nearly as dangerous as running an executable. The difference in levels of access and size of the exposed attack surface is huge.




It’s all baby steps.

WebDRM: subvert control of the machine from the user.

WebUSB: allow browser-based attacks on physically connected hardware.

WebBLE: allow browser-based attacks on wirelessly connected gadgets too!

What’s next? WebDMA? WebFdisk?




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