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by thesuperbigfrog 1073 days ago
>> I don't believe they're being honest with how this will be used.

Getting browsers to adopt and implement Web Environment Integrity is Step 1.

Step 2 is where all Google web sites start requiring Web Environment Integrity to be used or they lock you out of the site.

Step 3 is where all websites serving Google ads require Web Environment Integrity to be used.

Step 4 Profit!

This is the beginning of the further DRM-ification and enshittification of the Web.
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Aerbil313 1073 days ago
No one can control the web unless every personal computing device on earth is closed source down to the hardware. Digital technology is a double edged sword. I agree that Google would definitely want complete control, but they just can’t do that. We’ll most likely rather see deglobalization of the web with trust shifting from FAANG to states.
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thesuperbigfrog 1072 days ago
>> No one can control the web unless every personal computing device on earth is closed source down to the hardware.

It happens one step at a time:

https://gabrielsieben.tech/2022/07/29/remote-assertion-is-co...

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Aerbil313 1072 days ago
Hell. Heck. Shit. That piece is really scary. I did NOT expect that. Remote attestation really is coming. What will happen to Linux? My beloved NixOS? New OSes, Theseus OS? What is the solution? Don't nation states see that this will give American companies too much power, even more than now, too much to really significantly matter?

I see no solution beyond the deglobalization of the entire tech stack (down to the very OSes) and multiple sources of trust in the form of multiple nation states. Maybe my government will make an official Linux distro and make it mandatory, so we can escape this coming shit.

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