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Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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And since you won't be able to modify web pages, it will also mean the end of customization, either for looks (ie. DarkReader, Stylus), conveniance (ie. Tampermonkey) or accessibility.

The community feedback is... interesting to say the least.

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[–] whatsarefoogee@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Users often depend on websites trusting the client environment they run in. This trust may assume that the client environment is honest about certain aspects of itself, keeps user data and intellectual property secure, and is transparent about whether or not a human is using it. This trust is the backbone of the open internet, critical for the safety of user data and for the sustainability of the website’s business.

Jesus christ just the introduction paragraph is a load of horseshit. Actually bold faced lies. Users depend on websites trusting the client? In what fucking world are websites trusting the client??? Literally the only case is the media DRM that should have never been part of the web in the first place.

[–] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly. The websites only need to trust that the client can receive the content, which the protocols define and we have protocols to exchange what other protocols the client can use. Just use a http://www.motherfuckingwebsite.com

[–] mryessir@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago

Users depend on websites trusting the client? In what fucking world are websites trusting the client??? Literally the only case is the media DRM that should have never been part of the web in the first place.

Sometimes I see people with multiple toolbars in their browsers. These could sniff/leak data.

If you provide a service for your user, you may want to restrict access to your peticular customer.

I do not like it either. But the explainer to me does not appear like DRM in the first place.

And I am wondering if the client could just encrypt some fake data. How should the web server know? They get one ID and the content binding, which does not appear to be anything new (fragment/data from URL). But I am not developing websites.