Re: [webkit-dev] WebKit position on Web NFC

2020-01-22 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 12:23 AM François Beaufort  < fbeauf...@google.com> wrote: > Maciej said earlier they could provide more details if desired. > Well, you have to tell us what details you're looking for. Would you have any alternative ideas that would help ordinary people > understand

Re: [webkit-dev] WebKit position on Web NFC

2020-01-22 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
I'm not sure what specifics you're looking for but the issue is that we don't believe permission prompt is sufficient mitigation. Ordinary people don't understand the full security & privacy implications of granting NFC access when asked. - R. Niwa On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 12:04 AM François

Re: [webkit-dev] WebKit position on Web NFC

2020-01-22 Thread François Beaufort 
Gentle ping. On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 12:56 PM François Beaufort  < fbeauf...@google.com> wrote: > As promised earlier, here's the intent to experiment thread URL we've just > sent to blink-dev: > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/blink-dev/8bsAd-PsdbA > > It would be

Re: [webkit-dev] WebKit position on Web NFC

2020-01-06 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
We oppose this feature and will not implement it. We do not believe a permission prompt is a sufficient mitigation for the serious security and privacy risks raised by this specification. In addition, we think exposing direct hardware access to the web is a bad idea and compromises the