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I'm very grateful the WEI proposals were put down. It'd have an enormous privacy impact on normal users, and not give that much protection against bad actors us
by spacebanana7 2y ago
I'm very grateful the WEI proposals were put down. It'd have an enormous privacy impact on normal users, and not give that much protection against bad actors using device farms & similar tools.
- blindgeek 2y agoBut the WEI proposals were never about protecting from bad actors with device farms. They were always about guaranteeing that a certain ad company who also makes browsers can always push ads to users, thus maximizing value for shareholders. Protecting from device farms was just the bait.
- marcosdumay 2y agoOh, the really bad part of WEI is not the privacy impact. The real thing is the gating of every kind of information exchange and treatment in the hands of a few entities, that get the power to say who will participate on those activities and doing exactly what. That is, the complete elimination of the freedom of association and initiative from our society. At least around any one of those that involve computers. The lost of privacy is a rounding error.