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Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM (9to5google.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Chrome team says they're not going to pursue Web Integrity but...

it is piloting a new Android WebView Media Integrity API that’s “narrowly scoped, and only targets WebViews embedded in apps.”

They say its because the team "heard your feedback." I'm sure that's true, and I can wildly speculate that all the current anti-trust attention was a factor too.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

more like they realised that the Irish data protection officer looked like they were gonna side with privacy advocates over anti-adblock, which is a precursor (and main usecase of) this API

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Irish data protection office

I had to look this one up.

https://www.digitalguardian.com/blog/irish-data-protection-puts-google-notice-data-privacy-again

edit: that's from 2020 about google, not chrome

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.