A group of Google engineers has proposed a new Web API that threatens to uproot the work of apps and browsers if they interfere with its ad business. Will the open Web survive?
The thing is, this doesn’t even sound safer. It just sounds like a power grab and protectionism.
Oh wait. “Safer” for Google’s ad business. Now I get it.
Apple already does it.
https://kbin.social/m/technology@beehaw.org/t/251033/Apple-already-shipped-attestation-on-the-web-and-we-barely
Maybe we barely noticed because of Safari’s small market share. Although I must admit that it’s bigger than I expected.
Surprised they haven’t sprinkled in some of that “think of the children!” propaganda yet.
That’s already here in the form of the Stanford paper about CSAM on the Fediverse. The author of that paper was actually hoping that Meta would come in, add CSAM detectors and blockers to Threads, and then get the rest of the Fediverse to adopt it.
WEI will jump right on the caboose of this train of thought. “We can modify the Google Attester to fingerprint you and track everything you do, so we’ll know whether or not you post illicit material.” These two topics will eventually just merge.
It’s easier to manage a prison than a forest.
I for one would prefer to run through the glades, and considering that I have violated no laws and committed no crimes I feel like my right to do so should not be impinged
I already get blocked by several sites because I have an ad blocker running.
No doubt, Google wants to be the only gateway to the web and control it.
“He who controls information controls the world”
- Tom Clancy
Google may be gunning for the post office next…
When you control the mail, you control information.
- Newman
