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Ars Technica Jul 24, 2023

Google’s “Web Integrity API” sounds like DRM for the web

It's just a "proposal," but it's also being prototyped inside Chrome right now.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web

It's just a "proposal," but it's also being prototyped inside Chrome right now.

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@arstechnica As some very smart people have pointed out, the only possible use for this feature is some type of DRM lockout. The designers wrote an essay explaining that they hope lockout can be avoided, but then they go ahead and build the technology that makes lockouts inevitable. The explanations coming from Google are bizarre and self-contradictory.