Google tried to defend it's Web Environment Integrity

https://lemmy.today/post/170720

Google tries to defend it's Web Environment Integrity - Lemmy Today

I’m happy to see this being noticed more and more. Google wants to destroy the open web, so it’s a lot at stake.

Would WEI stop Adblock by DNS? Like pihole or similar ?

All of that can be easily checked via JavaScript, but now if you world use extensions to disable those checks you would not pass the attestation.

So yeah, essentially you no longer have control over your computer, and need to bend over and accept everything the site owner wishes to do.

bend over and accept everything the site owner wishes to do.

Including a malicious site owner's wishes.