Request for Mozilla Position on an Emerging Web Specification Specification Title: Web Environment Integrity API Specification or proposal URL (if available): https://rupertbenwiser.github.io/Web-E...
A system for websites to request a proof of the “integrity” of a user’s browser and underlying OS/hardware, and “attesters” to check this “integrity” and provide the proof. If that sounds vague, that’s because it is. What “integrity” means is for the “attester” to decide.
Google would of course be one of the major “attesters”, and could just deny the proof if you installed an ad blocker or VPN for example. In this case you would likely not be able to access the website anymore, because your device is deemed as “untrustworthy”. Or you’re using a browser that the big “attesters” don’t like, so you can’t get a proof either.
So it’s a way for big companies to decide who can still use big parts of the internet and who can’t, based on whether it would make them money.
The whole stack will need to be approved. approved browser running on approved OS on approved hardware. Good luck browsing on Linux. The end of user software choice.
What is the web integrity API?
A system for websites to request a proof of the “integrity” of a user’s browser and underlying OS/hardware, and “attesters” to check this “integrity” and provide the proof. If that sounds vague, that’s because it is. What “integrity” means is for the “attester” to decide.
Google would of course be one of the major “attesters”, and could just deny the proof if you installed an ad blocker or VPN for example. In this case you would likely not be able to access the website anymore, because your device is deemed as “untrustworthy”. Or you’re using a browser that the big “attesters” don’t like, so you can’t get a proof either.
So it’s a way for big companies to decide who can still use big parts of the internet and who can’t, based on whether it would make them money.
Basically drm for your browser
Fuck that though
and what kinda of thing does this protect?
Malware, malware encrypts its code so researchers cant crack into it and antivirus cant anilize it. Google is accedentally sponsoring malware
I’d guess it’s first gonna be used for streaming TV shows and such. After that it’ll probably be used for absurd things
I thought they were already being protected by DRM.
Kinda, but it doesn’t work very well. Using video download manager you can download pretty much every video from the web
Some fucking greedy cunts at Google having a vision of internet being accessible only by “approved”(Chrome) browsers/clients.
They want to approve the whole environment, including os, even if virtualized or not
The whole stack will need to be approved. approved browser running on approved OS on approved hardware. Good luck browsing on Linux. The end of user software choice.
Orwellian doublespeak for DRMing and paywalling the web.
It’s an API for web integrity. Thank me later