More great privacy-preserving ideas from Google and everyone loves them.
Issue #134 calls the idea "absolutely unethical and against the open web." ... Issue #127 adds: "Have you ever stopped to consider that you're the bad guys?" Another user posted a screed entirely in hexadecimal that, when translated, starts with "Death to Fascists" and wishes explosive diarrhea on everyone involved. So reception so far has been... mixed.
#google #privacy #drm #sarcasm
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/
"The intro says this data would be useful to advertisers to [...] stop cheating in web games..."
I'm not at all clear on why this is supposed to be an important objective or something that anybody cares about.
@b4cks4w That screed was delightful!