"Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software
www.fsf.org

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2546109

Read why “Web Environment Integrity” is terrible, and why we must vocally oppose it now. Google’s latest maneuver, if we don’t act to stop it, threatens our freedom to explore the Internet with browsers of our choice.

  • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    There’s something no one seems to be talking about

    this isn’t limited to your browser

    It runs at the highest ring of security on your processor. It could mean it locks you to OEM Android, iOS, or Windows. It could be extended to look at your app list, dns settings, potentially even tell if the device is using a vpn

    it could be paired with kosa to use biometrics to verify identity

    And it would be shocking if cloudflare didn’t implement this - it would save them a ton of processing. It’s likely it would be a default setting - this would apply to large swaths of the Internet, not just Google services