Comment on Check your storage for a 4GB AI model if you use Chrome
nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 5 days agoI think Yucandu has hardware that he wants to flash with new firmware, and you generally do that via a com-port (remnant of an old type of connector). Oversimplified: These days com-ports are simulated over usb, and (for now) only chrome-based browsers can actually send the firware over these simulated ports. An example is the flasher for Meshcore devices.
leftascenter@jlai.lu 5 days ago
I… Don’t even see why you would want a browser to be able to do that. Seems like really trying to increase browser security issues on purpose.
yucandu@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Neither did I, but they all started offering, so I started using those tools. Especially the all-in-one systems where it’s like “just buy the hardware, go to this website, and it’ll flash for you”. Like that’s more secure than “go to this website and download and run this weird exe” isn’t it?
Tja@programming.dev 4 days ago
Because it’s easy and convenient. I have esptool installed and I still usually flash via the browser.