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"Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet (www.fsf.org)

submitted 11 months ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/technology@beehaw.org

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2546109

Read why "Web Environment Integrity" is terrible, and why we must vocally oppose it now. Google's latest maneuver, if we don't act to stop it, threatens our freedom to explore the Internet with browsers of our choice.

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[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

" it will be used by Google to deny access to their services unless you are using a browser that gels with their profit margin"

Cool. So people using a different browser will move elsewhere. Maybe they'll even stop youtube addiction. Cant' really see a downside.

"It is not far-fetched to imagine a future in which sites simply refuse to serve pages to users running free browsers or free operating systems."

Same here. Sites doing this wouldn't probably worth to be looked at anyway.

[-] SmoochyPit@beehaw.org 29 points 11 months ago

It’s pretty key to the internet that you can access websites using any web browser or configuration you’d like, though.

While it’s true that some websites could just be avoided, if any government, education or healthcare websites implement this “for security”, the user will be forced to download and use a verified browser.

In my opinion this proposal strips users of their freedoms and should be canned.

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