Sigh. That's no different than "Please install this App" or even "Please read me this code". Yes, user-mediated authorization is an extremely difficult nut to crack. There will always be holes. There will always be unsophisticated users. But if you agree (and you do, right?) that people want to use external USB devices on their own devices, then you have already accepted that risk.
Freaking out because of the specific technology used to deploy the software is mostly just whining. This being HN, at least 60% of the resistance to web apps having extended capabilities is because of the company building the browser.
Freaking out because of the specific technology used to deploy the software is mostly just whining. This being HN, at least 60% of the resistance to web apps having extended capabilities is because of the company building the browser.