Google to allow isolated web applications on Chrome access sensitive USB devices

Google is working to allow trusted isolated web applications to have unfettered access through the WebUSB API, a JavaScript API that authenticates web applications to interact with local USB devices on a computer.

Through a Chrome status update, the company said it is testing the “Unrestricted WebUSB” feature to enable these trusted web applications to safely access the restricted local devices.

“The WebUSB specification defines a blocklist of vulnerable devices and a table of protected interfaces classes …

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