Bug 163196 - Web NFC API
Summary: Web NFC API
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebCore Misc. (show other bugs)
Version: WebKit Nightly Build
Hardware: All All
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
URL: https://w3c.github.io/web-nfc/
Keywords: InRadar
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Reported: 2016-10-09 23:29 PDT by Bogdan Lobor
Modified: 2022-06-23 23:21 PDT (History)
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Description Bogdan Lobor 2016-10-09 23:29:10 PDT 
This feature gives developers the ability to access Near Field Communication (NFC) functionality of a device, such as reading and writing NFC tags as well as exchanging data between NFC capable devices.
Comment 1 Sam Sneddon [:gsnedders] 2022-06-23 23:21:31 PDT 
From https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev/2020-January/031007.html:

> We oppose this feature and will not implement it.
> 
> We do not believe a permission prompt is a sufficient mitigation for the serious security and privacy risks raised by this specification. In addition, we think exposing direct hardware access to the web is a bad idea and compromises the device-independence of the web platform.
Comment 2 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2022-06-23 23:21:40 PDT 
<rdar://problem/95833705>