▲ 76 ▼ Firefox Nightly adds Web Serial after years of saying no (www.theregister.com) submitted 4 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/firefox@lemmy.ml 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/46128508
[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev -2 points 4 months ago (2 children) I do not want this. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 8 points 4 months ago You can completely disable the API in Chrome... I assume Firefox will allow this too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al [S] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children) Why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) All my serial devices need careful handling and will happily destroy themselves or start a fire if given the wrong instructions — my 3D printer, my laser engraver, my inverter/solar/battery monitor-programmer. None of them are remotely prepared or hardened in any way to protect from malicious or careless commands. I don’t generally trust websites and I do not want any website to discover those devices and interact with them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago Maybe it will depend on the specifics of their UI/UX implementation, but I don't think you'll end up in a scenario where you're surprised that a website suddenly has access to your serial ports. I expect the UI will be fail-safe, very visible, and that you'll be able to disable it entirely if you wish, so that you never even see a prompt. permalink fedilink source parent [–] eierschaukeln@kbin.earth -3 points 4 months ago Why you can disable the API completely? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 8 points 4 months ago You can completely disable the API in Chrome... I assume Firefox will allow this too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al [S] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children) Why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) All my serial devices need careful handling and will happily destroy themselves or start a fire if given the wrong instructions — my 3D printer, my laser engraver, my inverter/solar/battery monitor-programmer. None of them are remotely prepared or hardened in any way to protect from malicious or careless commands. I don’t generally trust websites and I do not want any website to discover those devices and interact with them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago Maybe it will depend on the specifics of their UI/UX implementation, but I don't think you'll end up in a scenario where you're surprised that a website suddenly has access to your serial ports. I expect the UI will be fail-safe, very visible, and that you'll be able to disable it entirely if you wish, so that you never even see a prompt. permalink fedilink source parent [–] eierschaukeln@kbin.earth -3 points 4 months ago Why you can disable the API completely? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) All my serial devices need careful handling and will happily destroy themselves or start a fire if given the wrong instructions — my 3D printer, my laser engraver, my inverter/solar/battery monitor-programmer. None of them are remotely prepared or hardened in any way to protect from malicious or careless commands. I don’t generally trust websites and I do not want any website to discover those devices and interact with them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago Maybe it will depend on the specifics of their UI/UX implementation, but I don't think you'll end up in a scenario where you're surprised that a website suddenly has access to your serial ports. I expect the UI will be fail-safe, very visible, and that you'll be able to disable it entirely if you wish, so that you never even see a prompt. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago Maybe it will depend on the specifics of their UI/UX implementation, but I don't think you'll end up in a scenario where you're surprised that a website suddenly has access to your serial ports. I expect the UI will be fail-safe, very visible, and that you'll be able to disable it entirely if you wish, so that you never even see a prompt. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eierschaukeln@kbin.earth -3 points 4 months ago Why you can disable the API completely? permalink fedilink source parent