Google Developers Create API For Direct USB Access Via Web Pages (softpedia.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Two Google developers have uploaded an unofficial (for now) draft to the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Incubator Community Group (W3C WICG) that describes a method of interconnecting USB-capable devices to Web pages. The API, called WebUSB, allows device manufacturers to provide special "registry and landing pages" where they can host JavaScript SDKs for their USB-capable devices. Site owners can load these SDKs as iframes inside their websites, and allow a site to access and relay commands (via the iframe to the browser's WebUSB API) to the actual device. To protect privacy and security, the WebUSB API also comes with a CORS-like system that prompts users for access to their devices to avoid abuse and Web-based fingerprinting. The system is also backward compatible with devices created before the standard's approval (if it gets approved).

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Reasons why I don't like the Internet of Things.

[Anonymous Coward]

Here's a list of reasons why I don't like the Internet of Things:

1) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I sleep.

2) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I pee.

3) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I make kaka.

4) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I pleasure myself.

5) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I wash my body in the shower.

6) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I relax in the tub.

7) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I brush my teeth.

8) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I make passionate love to my wife.

9) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I brush my hair.

10) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I read a book.

11) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I read Slashdot.

12) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I bake cake.

13) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I put in my contact lenses.

14) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I get ready to play golf.

15) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I do my laundry.

16) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I think about rugby.

17) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I tie my shoes.

18) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I celebrate the 4th of July.

19) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I water my flowers.

20) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I eat ham.

21) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I use my stapler to staple documents.

22) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I chew bubble gum.

23) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I check the oil in my car.

24) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I look for my TV remote.

25) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I blow my nose.

26) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I rearrange my stamp collection.

27) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I listen to the Backstreet Boys.

28) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I do my calisthenics.

29) Internet of Things devices could watch me while I search for a paper clip.

30) Internet of Things devices could send information about me to advertisers.

31) Internet of Things devices could let advertisers use the data unsuspectingly collected about me while I sleep.

32) Internet of Things devices could let advertisers use the data unsuspectingly collected about me while I pee.

33) Internet of Things devices could let advertisers use the data unsuspectingly collected about me while I make kaka.

34) Internet of Things devices could let advertisers use the data unsuspectingly collected about me while I pleasure myself.

35) Internet of Things devices could let advertisers use the data unsuspectingly collected about me while I wash my body in the shower.

36) Internet of Things devices could let advertisers use the data unsuspectingly collected about me while I relax in the tub.

37) Internet of Things devices could let advertisers use the data unsuspectingly collected about me while I brush my teeth.

38) Internet of Things devices could let advertisers use the data unsuspectingly collected about me while I make passionate love to my wife.

39) Internet of Things devices could let advertisers use the data unsuspectingly collected about me while I brush my hair.

40) Internet of Things devices could let advertisers use the data unsuspectingly collected about me while I read a book.

41) Internet of Things devices could let advertisers use the data unsuspectingly collected about me while I read Slashdot.

42) Internet of Things devices could let advertisers use the data unsuspectingly collected about me while I bake cake.

43) Internet of Things devices could let advertisers use the data unsuspectingly coll