KoinuJul 19, 2023

This is a credible proposal for DRM for websites in general. It would enable unbeatable adblock-blocking. It would prevent user customization for not just convenience but also accessibility.

I do not say this lightly: Enabling the forfeiture of control over the browsing experience is a fundamentally evil idea that must be rejected now, as it has been in the past, and we must remain vigilant against its reemergence in the future.

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Show threadStephanie 🎀Jul 20, 2023
@gsderp how exactly do we prevent this? Who do we contact?
Show threadCassandrichJul 20, 2023
@BeamsAndBows @gsderp Apple, for one. We need Apple unequivocally opposed to this and refusing to do it on their devices.
Show threadrain 🌦️Jul 20, 2023

@dalias @BeamsAndBows @gsderp Apple already shipped an equivalent with https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2022/10077/

Marketed as a way to get rid of CAPTCHAs but basically the same thing with some details being different

Replace CAPTCHAs with Private Access Tokens - WWDC22 - Videos - Apple Developer

Don't be captured by CAPTCHAs! Private Access Tokens are a powerful alternative that help you identify HTTP requests from legitimate...

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Show threadStephanie 🎀
@rain @dalias @gsderp bloody hell, is there any hope for escape from corporate abuses?
Jul 20, 2023 at 6:05pmWeb
Show threadrain 🌦️Jul 20, 2023

@BeamsAndBows @dalias @gsderp Not in the short term. these megacorps are built on top of FOSS and now want to kill it, for consumer software.

FOSS is just not compatible with DRM. Just can't square the two

Show threadKoinuJul 20, 2023
@BeamsAndBows @rain @dalias This is no panacea, and it is highly general/nonspecific, but I wonder if there might be an avenue for small local wins through civic involvement and adding privacy-ensuring conditions to government contract requirements. Consider little things like putting into local law that a bank is ineligible to be awarded a contract to handle the city govt’s accounts if its mobile app or website discriminates against vpn users, people who use a voip phone number, or people who use a phone that doesn’t pass safetynet checks. Stuff like that.