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>the Web Bluetooth API [...] enables web developers to connect to bluetooth devices such as printers Feeling nostalgic for FAX spam? Let's update it for the mo
by outsidetheparty 10y ago
>the Web Bluetooth API [...] enables web developers to connect to bluetooth devices such as printers
Feeling nostalgic for FAX spam? Let's update it for the modern era!
(Kidding. A little bit. The Web Bluetooth spec addresses these concerns at length -- https://webbluetoothcg.github.io/web-bluetooth/#security-and-privacy https://webbluetoothcg.github.io/web-bluetooth/#security-and... -- but mostly as a "here are the many, many ways this could be used maliciously", with not nearly enough "and here's how we plan to prevent that" for my taste.
I gotta say this is an attack surface I'd prefer we'd left buried deep underground; I can't think of any device I'd feel safe allowing a website to pair with. Keyboard? Keylogger. Printer? Physical spam. Headphones? Audio spam. Who wants this?)
- pageld 10y agoI can think of a couple of things at least in the prehospitalmedial field. Bluetooth ekg machines are used to do documentation and needed to have their data sent to the hospital as fast as possible. Also Bluetooth scanners are used to scan drivers licenses and triage tags. The less manual input a provider has to do, the better. Then they can spend their time making sure the patient is being taken care of. Most ems documentation is done on web applications instead of desktop apps so it can work on anything from an iPad to a surface to a tough book. You don't want to know how these things are hooked up today.
- outsidetheparty 10y agoThose are... pretty darn good examples, actually. Thanks!
- mkonecny 10y agoWith location based services making use of beacons, you could easily help a customer navigate your store without asking them to install an app - they just need to visit your website. This is exactly what my startup is working on.