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 Beaufort 🇫🇷 < fbeauf...@google.com> wrote: > 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 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 <m...@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 🇫🇷 < >>> fbeauf...@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. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> webkit-dev mailing list >>> webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org >>> https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev >
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