[webkit-dev] WebKit position on Web NFC

[François Beaufort ����]

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 greatly appreciated if you could share specifics about your
decision.
Some alternative designs would also help moving this discussion forward.

Thank you,
Francois.

On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 10:48 PM Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:

>
> 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 device-independence of the web platform.
>
> We can provide more details if desired but it may take a few days.
>
> On Jan 5, 2020, at 11:40 PM, François Beaufort ���� <fbeaufort at google.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello WebKit Dev folks,
>
> Following Maciej's invitation to send requests for positions on Web API
> proposals to webkit-dev, we would like to know WebKit's position on Web
> NFC: https://w3c.github.io/web-nfc/
>
> Web NFC aims to provide sites the ability to read and write to nearby NFC
> devices. The current scope is limited to NDEF, a lightweight binary message
> format. Low-level I/O operations with the ISO-DEP protocol and Host-based
> Card Emulation (HCE) are not supported.
>
> FYI, an intent to experiment will be posted soon on blink-dev.
> I'll update this webkit-dev thread with the URL when done.
>
> TAG Review: https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/461
> Chromestatus URL: https://www.chromestatus.com/features/6261030015467520
> Mozilla standards-positions:
> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/238
>
> Thank you,
> Francois.
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