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Mozilla opposes Web Integrity API proposal (github.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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Mozilla's position on WEI is pretty solid.

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child)

Read between the lines, dude. Ad blockers work by observing and analyzing the DOM for elements presenting or containing ads and subsequently removing or obscuring those elements by manipulating the DOM. There's no way for WEI to carry out its purported goals without forcibly preventing DOM manipulation.

There are absolutely no conceivable benefits for users. None.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    I don't disagree, and I'm personally aware of the consequences. Adding the API would be the first step, and future proposals and changes could amend it to add other environment details to tell a website that there are browser extensions that can read or modify the page.

    I don't really think summarizing WEI as though it already includes those really helps people understand what WEI currently is or does, though. Nobody reads the actual documentation before repeating what they were told, and that's going to lead to the spread of factually-incorrect information. It's not a bad thing for people to be aware of the long-term issue with having a WEI API, but users' lack of understanding of WEI in its current form is just going to be used by Google as proof to dismiss dissenting feedback as FUD.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    I didn't read through the entire spec, but I read enough to sniff out their Trojan horseshit. I'm not regurgitating anything, I'm calling it as I see it.

    This is of benefit to no one but for corporate overlords to do more overlording. It's fixing a problem that doesn't exist.

    I don't know why you're trying to hard to defend one the biggest corporations on earth that decidedly not-not-evil, but if I ever need a top notch recipe for robust leather footwear, I'll be sure to call you up.

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