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[return to "Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web"]
1. JohnFe+16[view] [source] 2023-07-24 21:31:25
>>jakobd+(OP)
This sounds like the final death blow to the web as a useful platform for anyone who isn't a corporation.
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2. margin+5e[view] [source] 2023-07-24 22:15:56
>>JohnFe+16
Why is that?
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3. JohnFe+2i[view] [source] 2023-07-24 22:38:04
>>margin+5e
> Google's plan is that, during a webpage transaction, the web server could require you to pass an "environment attestation" test before you get any data. At this point your browser would contact a "third-party" attestation server, and you would need to pass some kind of test. If you passed, you would get a signed "IntegrityToken" that verifies your environment is unmodified and points to the content you wanted unlocked.

Because of this. If we're at the point where you need to get permisssion and approval to verify that the platform you're using is acceptable, then the gates are up and the free web is no longer free at all.

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4. margin+Xr[view] [source] 2023-07-24 23:52:34
>>JohnFe+2i
Why is that? Who is forcing the free web to use this mechanism, since it is the server that requests the confirmation. Why can't it just... not?
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5. skydha+mI[view] [source] 2023-07-25 01:51:29
>>margin+Xr
All the websites demanding that I disable my adblocker say that they definitely will.
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