On 22 January 2018 at 22:34, Adi bm <adityar8...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a Ruby on Rails web app via which I want to access my smart card > reader connected to my PC via a USB. > > The idea is to press a button in the web app to initiate read action in > the card reader.[I have a ruby script to read the data serially].I however > want to extend the functionality to the web app,i.e. when the user clicks > the read button on the webapp the card details are read via the card reader > and displayed in the web page(Ruby on Rails web app). I am not sure on how > to go about it. These are some of the "sources" that I have encountered > online which might be the possible way: > > Are you saying that you want a web page running in a browser has access to your card reader? Do you think it is a good idea to allow the browser to do that? What about a malicious website doing it and sending your card details across the internet?
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