▲ 156 ▼ Google tries to defend its Web Environment Integrity (techreport.com) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 120 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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. Google basically says "Trust us". What a joke.
[+] Melco@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) They used to have a motto like "Do no evil", which was kinda sus to begin with (they were a search engine in a time when many didn't even consider the evil possibilities of the internet). But if you start out with a motto like that, it's even more sus if you suddenly drop it, which they did. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Usually when a company loudly proclaims that "we have this quality" they're compensating for not in fact having it. You get the same in people: "I'm so smart", "I'm so beautiful", "I'm so confident" and so on are usually said to others by people who don't actually believe they have such (otherwise self-evident) qualities. In that logic "Do no Evil" was a red flag. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 8KfuATr3Y1@reddthat.com 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Google does not have a trusted position. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago From the point of web infrastructure and standards, they certainly do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) They used to have a motto like "Do no evil", which was kinda sus to begin with (they were a search engine in a time when many didn't even consider the evil possibilities of the internet). But if you start out with a motto like that, it's even more sus if you suddenly drop it, which they did. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Usually when a company loudly proclaims that "we have this quality" they're compensating for not in fact having it. You get the same in people: "I'm so smart", "I'm so beautiful", "I'm so confident" and so on are usually said to others by people who don't actually believe they have such (otherwise self-evident) qualities. In that logic "Do no Evil" was a red flag. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Usually when a company loudly proclaims that "we have this quality" they're compensating for not in fact having it. You get the same in people: "I'm so smart", "I'm so beautiful", "I'm so confident" and so on are usually said to others by people who don't actually believe they have such (otherwise self-evident) qualities. In that logic "Do no Evil" was a red flag. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 8KfuATr3Y1@reddthat.com 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Google does not have a trusted position. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago From the point of web infrastructure and standards, they certainly do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago From the point of web infrastructure and standards, they certainly do. permalink fedilink source parent