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Google Chrome's Web Environment Integrity feature has been cancelled (9to5google.com)

submitted 8 months ago by dean@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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While WEI is thankfully cancelled, it's not entirely cancelled... They're planning on making it available still in WebViews with the intention that websites can check if a malicious Android app is trying to do a phishing scheme.

Seems like such a niche "security" feature... what are they really trying to accomplish here? Something seems fishy to me

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[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 90 points 8 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door-in-the-face_technique

[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 33 points 8 months ago

Ha, I didn't know there's a name for that, but it's definitely what I assume they're going to do. My initial reaction was to wonder what they'll now present as the "reasonable" option to WEI.

Considering they're rolling it out in Android, maybe they'll just wait a moment and then integrate it into desktop Chrome as well, just without any of the fanfare?

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