WebUSB

WebUSB is a JavaScript application programming interface (API) standard for securely providing access to USB devices from web pages.^[1]

It was published by the Web Platform Incubator Community Group. As of August 2019, it is in Draft Community status, and the only web browser to support it was Google Chrome.^[2]^[1]^[3]

WebUSB was enabled by default in Chrome 61 on September 5, 2017, but was disabled after privacy and security concerns were raised.^[4]^[3]^[5] According to Chrome's platform status service, WebUSB is now enabled by default again for Chrome 61 and later for desktop and Android.

References

^ ^a ^b "Access USB Devices on the Web". Google Developers.
^ "WebUSB API". 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
^ ^a ^b "WebUSB - How a website could steal data off your phone". MWR Labs.
^ "Google disables WebUSB in Chrome amidst phishing concerns". XDA Developers. 7 March 2018.
^ Tiwari, Aditya (6 September 2017). "What is WebUSB? How It Helps Connecting USB Devices To The Web". fossbytes.

External links

WebUSB API - Draft Community Group Report, 7 July 2020

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[Google-webusb2016-1] "Access USB Devices on the Web". Google Developers.

[2] "WebUSB API". 2018-09-15. Retrieved 2018-09-17.

[mwrinfosecurity-3] "WebUSB - How a website could steal data off your phone". MWR Labs.

[4] "Google disables WebUSB in Chrome amidst phishing concerns". XDA Developers. 7 March 2018.

[5] Tiwari, Aditya (6 September 2017). "What is WebUSB? How It Helps Connecting USB Devices To The Web". fossbytes.

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