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

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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[-] tesseract@beehaw.org 10 points 8 months ago

A win is when we have forced them to abandon the wretched plan. Them taking it elsewhere with a different name, only to be brought back in the future isn't a win - it's more or less the folly the Trojans committed with the Greek wooden horse.

[-] peter@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

It's a much less broad, though. That's a win right?

[-] tesseract@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago

I don't trust Google's word that they will keep it that way. Besides, would you have accepted this proposal if WEI wasn't proposed first? It's a form of manipulation.

[-] peter@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

Sites inside webviews can already communicate with the app running them, I don't see how this proposal in this form causes any additional problems

[-] tesseract@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

The same can be said about WEI on browsers. Just wait till it becomes a problem - only problem is that you won't be able to escape it at that point.

[-] peter@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

Except websites can't just communicate directly with the OS like they can in webviews

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