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Java applets are more powerful than any web browser API (you can't get at USB devices from the web browser except through a plugin, for example). BankID (used f

Java applets are more powerful than any web browser API (you can't get at USB devices from the web browser except through a plugin, for example). BankID (used for banking and electronic payment in the Nordic countries by almost every bank) makes use of this to do validation with a USB device to authenticate based on bank card.

M2Ys4U 13y ago
>you can't get at USB devices from the web browser except through a plugin, for example Not yet, we can't. Mozilla is working on the WebUSB[0] API that'll allow access to USB devices via javascript as part of their ongoing WebAPI effort. They need this for FirefoxOS at some point, and these APIs are being implemented in desktop Firefox as well. [0] https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/WebUSB https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/WebUSB