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do you have a link for canada?
Google sent me here https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/frm-eng/GH%C3%89T-7TDNA5
Thanks, just filed a complaint.
Done for Switzerland 👍🏻
Don't know about others, but it seems you need to pay money to file antitrust complaints in India. From the link you mentioned:
Woah, those go from expensive to absurd.
I could see charging like 1000 rupees to deter frivolous complaints, but up to $500,000 is absurd.
Seems like the system is only meant for B2B complaints. B2B antitrust complaints where the offended party still has enough money to drop half a million USD on an antitrust complaint.
Half a million rupees, not USD. It comes up to be over ~6000USD, which is still too high. That's the price of a brand-new small car in India.
This standard doesn't affect ad blockers.
The workflow does not involve checking or blocking extensions. It operates closer to SSL certs. The webpage asks the browser to prove its identity. The browser generates a token. A trusted third party (attester) signs the token. It sends that back to the webpage. The webpage decides if the token is legitimate and if they trust the third party.
The ability to use extensions which alter the contents of the webpage is still allowed if the browser allows it. This standard just verifies the identity of the browser.
It still will cause issues for the Internet, though. Small browsers would likely be unable to afford paying for the attesters. Fingerprinting would be much easier and WEI doesn't have a method to prevent high entropy. Attesters would be able to track each user and the sites they are visiting.