Back in July, Google's work on a Web Integrity API emerged and many equated it to DRM. The company announced today it's not proceeding...

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/5707453

The Chrome team says they're not going to pursue Web Integrity but...

it is piloting a new Android WebView Media Integrity API that’s “narrowly scoped, and only targets WebViews embedded in apps.”

They say its because the team "heard your feedback." I'm sure that's true, and I can wildly speculate that all the current anti-trust attention was a factor too.

Many said we couldn't stop it. We, like many, applied pressure, and they backed the fuck off.

We have no room for complacency now though. Google cannot be allowed to dictate web standards. Firefox needs to eat into that Chromium market share. Never forgive. Never forget.

  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 months ago

    That was just the first salvo. This proposal was a feeler: now Google has learned what they couldn't get away with and they need to boil us frogs more slowly.

    This will come back on the table. Less aggressive, less visible, but they won't give up on it.

  • spacecadet@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    So if I understand this correctly, it would be a way for websites to opt in to this tool that allows for the website (and google by proxy) to get a lot of information about you and your browser and if you use privacy tools it potentially will prevent you from using their website?

    But doesn’t google use bots to crawl the web? I’m sure those get a pass, but they could shut down competitors doing the same thing, seems like an anti-trust suit waiting to happen.

  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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    8 months ago

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=neSzpvdKa5k

    spoiler

    A few months later: Somehow, the Web Integrity API has returned