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especially those of us invested in the safety and security (collectively, trust) of the web.

Note that "safety and security" has become an abhorrent phrase among many of us because it evokes the "authoritarian dystopia" that Google et.al. are creating --- we're more concerned about freedom and interoperability.

>>userbi+(OP)
What you're saying is all true, but speaking strictly, the security of the web as a whole is endangered if proposals give entities the tools they need to chip away at that freedom and interoperability bit by bit.

That was the intention behind my choice of words — representing the whole web, not just components of it or companies operating on it.