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 Nils   ( @nils@feddit.de )  to Technology · 2 years ago

Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web

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Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web

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 Nils   ( @nils@feddit.de )  to Technology · 2 years ago
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It's just a "proposal," but it's also being prototyped inside Chrome right now.
  •  argv_minus_one   ( @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) Banned
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    Nobody’s going to use it when 90% of the web blocks everything except genuine Chrome on genuine Windows.

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      I have hope that the FTC will antitrust those cunts. At least I hope so. I’m not gonna hold my breath though.

      •  argv_minus_one   ( @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) Banned
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        Microsoft put Netscape and Stac out of business and got away scot-free, so yeah, not holding my breath either.

        •  vriska1   ( @vriska1@lemm.ee ) 
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          Good news there huge backlash to this so hopefully its stopped.

          •  philluminati   ( @philluminati@lemmy.ml ) 
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            There isn’t much backlash at all. You just live in a Lemmy and github echo chamber.

            •  vriska1   ( @vriska1@lemm.ee ) 
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              Its not been pushed hard yet.

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            It might still happen. Apple’s equivalent feature already rolled out in Safari.

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      There would be huge backlash to that but do we know when Google plans to fully push this?

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        I’m worried there won’t be much of a backlash.

        People as a whole don’t seem to care very much about the bad behavior of these big tech companies.

        I hope I’m wrong.

        •  vriska1   ( @vriska1@lemm.ee ) 
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          Tho there already backlash but we will see happens.

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            From technically savvy people, I imagine.

            The average user won’t understand the implications or won’t care enough to avoid it. That alone would lead to a HUGE amount of adoption if/when they deploy this.

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              Hopefully its never deployed.

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