3 ms·

fwiw I found Vivaldi's overview a good primer on the situation. https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/ https://vivaldi.

fwiw I found Vivaldi's overview a good primer on the situation. https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/ https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environme...

dang 3y ago
Thanks. Let's discuss that article here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875940.
- propogandist 3y ago
  why have you shadow banned my account?
  - dang 3y ago
    We didn't shadowban it. We told you we were banning it and why: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36134639 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36134639.
TastyAmphibian 3y ago
Sounds interesting
- pg_1234 3y ago
  As pointed out, EU law may prohibit this ... even if they are slow to act. There is another possibility; EU countries may decide that this amounts to tacit admission by Google that the revenue generating event in ad sales happens on the browser, and ad revenue is therefore always taxable in the country where the browser (and viewer) are located. No more laundering international revenue through tax havens. And since Google just demonstrated such an effective verification mechanism ... well they can just repurpose it to track all such taxable revenue for the countries in question ... otherwise they might be deemed a criminal enterprise and have to be blocked nation-wide. No need to block the useful parts, just the illegal tax-evading ad empire. ... and countries can move fast when there is a lot of money to be had ...
Dah00n 3y ago
Interesting and it made me try out Vivaldi. Ten minutes later I had lost trust in their claim of privacy. It uses Microsoft Edge while installing to open links - like the link to their privacy policy - while the OS is set to use Firefox (and every other app use this). Then I found out that it has zero containerization features at all. Don't want Google cookies from one tab read in another tab? Use a new Private Window. No thanks. Uninstall, and then it used Edge to open a page asking why...

dang 3y ago

Thanks. Let's discuss that article here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875940.

propogandist 3y ago
why have you shadow banned my account?
- dang 3y ago
  We didn't shadowban it. We told you we were banning it and why: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36134639 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36134639.

TastyAmphibian 3y ago

Sounds interesting

pg_1234 3y ago
As pointed out, EU law may prohibit this ... even if they are slow to act. There is another possibility; EU countries may decide that this amounts to tacit admission by Google that the revenue generating event in ad sales happens on the browser, and ad revenue is therefore always taxable in the country where the browser (and viewer) are located. No more laundering international revenue through tax havens. And since Google just demonstrated such an effective verification mechanism ... well they can just repurpose it to track all such taxable revenue for the countries in question ... otherwise they might be deemed a criminal enterprise and have to be blocked nation-wide. No need to block the useful parts, just the illegal tax-evading ad empire. ... and countries can move fast when there is a lot of money to be had ...

Dah00n 3y ago

Interesting and it made me try out Vivaldi. Ten minutes later I had lost trust in their claim of privacy. It uses Microsoft Edge while installing to open links - like the link to their privacy policy - while the OS is set to use Firefox (and every other app use this). Then I found out that it has zero containerization features at all. Don't want Google cookies from one tab read in another tab? Use a new Private Window. No thanks. Uninstall, and then it used Edge to open a page asking why...