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Nope, not really. Still looks like the equivalent of anti-encryption people saying "think of the children". I still see no explanation on how WEI will magical
by meragrin_ 3y ago
Nope, not really. Still looks like the equivalent of anti-encryption people saying "think of the children". I still see no explanation on how WEI will magically change the behavior of website operators. They can already take steps
to block unwanted clients, but no one is in any significant way which hinders the "open internet". WEI is meaningless unless Apple implements it. The only effect the current discussion will have on Apple is how they publicly frame their choice.
- amusingimpala75 3y agoMaybe maybe it’s meaningless without Apple agreeing as things stand, because of iOS. But if the EU proposal about side loading forces Apple to allow Blink-Chrome instead of just WebKit-Chrome on iOS, then there’s not much holding Google back.
- burkaman 3y ago> I still see no explanation on how WEI will magically change the behavior of website operators Google will change the behavior of website operators that use AdSense. They wouldn't want anyone to be artificially inflating their ad revenue with suspicious un-attested traffic: https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/understanding-account-suspensions-due/ https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/understanding-acco...
- politelemon 3y agoThey already have implemented it. We and the eff for that matter made not a peep, nor mentioned it. https://httptoolkit.com/blog/apple-private-access-tokens-attestation/ https://httptoolkit.com/blog/apple-private-access-tokens-att...
- hot_gril 3y agoThe missing explanation is to just assume websites become like smartphone apps in terms of restricting clients, for better or worse. This path has already been explored, so not much imagination is needed: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27540545/how-to-prevent-rooted-android-phones-from-installing-my-app https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27540545/how-to-prevent-...