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This page knows your battery charge level (unless you're using Firefox) (deepesh-01.github.io)

submitted 2 years ago by haxor@derp.foo to c/hackernews@derp.foo

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[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

I just realized that I've never opened Chrome on this phone before.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Also unless you’re on an iPhone.

[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

The API was implemented in Firefox, Safari, Chrome but it returned too precise data, so by reading battery status on two different pages and seeing the same very precise value, it was like having a tracking cookie. Firefox and Safari decided to pull the API altogether.

So it won't work on safari, Firefox, or iOS (since all browsers are Safari)

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

I just opened it in Brave on an Android phone. It had the charge level incorrect. It also said my phone was currently charging. Also incorrect.