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  • flan [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    they'll kill adblockers pretty quickly if they start banning gmail accounts for using them

    • raven [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      I think this is on their eventual roadmap, somewhere just after not allowing anyone to log in without a verified WEI check for """"security"""" yea

      Then you can stop all the YouTube rehosting sites like piped by baking in little 1 pixel changes that uniquely identify the account that ripped the video. Netflix and others will do this as well to try to stop piracy.

      They're going to go scorched earth on this, I just know it. The Internet will become as bad as cable was and this is the turning point.

      • NeonPayload@infosec.pub
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        1 year ago

        Google gave up WEI, for now at least. They will try again later though. https://securityboulevard.com/2023/11/google-wei-is-dead-richixbw/

        • raven [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Wouldn't say "dead" just put on the back burner. They'll get their way eventually just like they did with net neutrality. (Responding to the article headline not you exactly)

        • raven [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Environment_Integrity

          Google is pushing for websites to implement this software that talks to your TPM (trusted platform) chip on your computer and has it attest to the state of your web stack. Then, the website gets to decide if that's okay and can deny you access if there's any "funny business" such as ad blockers installed, or you're using a browser they don't like, or maybe even running an os they don't like. We'll almost certainly find ways around it for a while, but it's going to get better (for them, worse for you)

    • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      They'd have to force people to be logged in for this to be effective, but yeah, it's definitely a possibility.