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Mozilla opposes Web Integrity API proposal (github.com)
submitted 1 year ago by CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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Mozilla's position on WEI is pretty solid.

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[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Web dev here. It enforces the original markup and code from a server to be the markup and code that the browser interprets and executes, preventing any post-loading modifications.

That sounds a bit dry, but the implications are huge. It means:

  • ad blockers won't work (the main reason for Google's ploy)
  • many, if not most, other browser extensions won't work (eg.: accessibility, theming, anti-malware)
  • people are going to start running into a lot of scam ads that ad blockers would otherwise prevent
  • malicious websites will be able to operate with impunity since you cannot run security extensions to prevent them
  • web developers are going to be crippled for lack of debugging ability

These are just a few things off the top of my head. There are endless and very dangerous implications to WEI. This is very, very bad for the web and antithesis of how it's supposed to be.

TBL is probably experiencing a sudden disturbance in the force.

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think you're missing the fact that if google doesn't attest for your software choice, the website could prevent access. It is google trying to take ownership of what is and isn't supported software when accessing the internet. This is far more serious that a few adverts, this could be the removal of liberty on the open web.

[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the "endless and very dangerous" part.

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

I appreciate that, I just thought it's worth spelling out so people really get the gravity of this situation.

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