Google is working on essentially putting DRM on the web

https://beehaw.org/post/6738148

Google is working on essentially putting DRM on the web - Beehaw

The much maligned “Trusted Computing” idea requires that the party you are supposed to trust deserves to be trusted, and Google is DEFINITELY NOT worthy of being trusted, this is a naked power grab to destroy the open web for Google’s ad profits no matter the consequences, this would put heavy surveillance in Google’s hands, this would eliminate ad-blocking, this would break any and all accessibility features, this would obliterate any competing platform, this is very much opposed to what the web is.

Note of amusement: The GitHub issues tracker for that proposal got swamped with tickets either mocking this crap or denouncing it for what it is, this morning the person who seems to be the head of the project closed all those tickets and published this blog post, in essence saying “Shut up with your ethical considerations, give us a hand in putting up this electric fence around the web”. Of course that didn’t stop it.

Also somebody pointed out this gem in the proposal, quoted here:

6.2. Privacy considerations

Todo

So, you don't like a web platform proposal

How can you influence the web platform so that a change you don't like is less likely to get shipped?

My favorite part is when they ask you to give them the benefit of the doubt, but also anyone who disagrees with them is “noise.”

What benefit of the doubt?

The absolute best possible case is repulsive.