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The last paragraph is a bit surprising: > WEI can potentially be used to impose restrictions on unlawful activities on the internet, such as downloading YouTub
by rpdillon 3y ago
The last paragraph is a bit surprising:
> WEI can potentially be used to impose restrictions on unlawful activities on the internet, such as downloading YouTube videos and other content, ad blocking, web scraping, etc.
Since when did archiving, ad blocking, and web scraping become unlawful? This sounds like a wishlist of activities Google wishes were unlawful.
- raxxorraxor 3y agoAI companies that scraped the net previously would like that too. They have their data and don't want others to have the same opportunities.
- Ekaros 3y agoSo will the WEI block Google from web scraping? That might even be a good thing.
- CaptainFever 3y agoGoogle is illegal now /s Or, more realistically, a way to prevent competitors from doing web scraping as well.
- bpye 3y agoIf they own the attestation for Chrome then presumably they could also allow their scrapers to attest?
- martin8412 3y agoThat sounds like an antitrust lawsuit.
- rolph 3y agoyou are witnessing a corporation that is making extrajudicial laws, and a method of enforcing them. this is attempted parallel government, and is at least illegal, if not domestic terrorism.