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This won't help if Google/Apple/Microsoft roll out integrity checks for browsers, something which they have already suggested they want to do.

mikestorrent 1y ago
It won't just be them. I foresee Cloudflare and other CDNs offering a free checkbox: [] Require age of majority verified user And it will in turn depend on Secure Attestation, Web Credentials, and other recent W3C work to provide proof that you're the registered owner, age of majority and verified by thumbprint or other biometrics, running an unmodified device. Your ID might be escrowed with your OS vendor, email provider, bank, ISP, or even Twitter/X, who knows. Either way, as an end user you'll be mollified that you don't have to provide your ID to the adult site, and the adult site will be happy that they don't have to implement any of this themselves. And, of course, this will mean that an intelligence service could have ironclad proof of exactly what person visits what website, effectively killing a lot of online anonymity.
- fuzzzerd 1y ago
  That sounds awful.
- Barbing 1y ago
  You’re probably 100% right and it’s honestly heartbreaking. Time to donate to the EFF and FSF I guess…
  - hedora 1y ago
    Also, time to switch back to firefox, and turn off the DRM crap. I get warnings from some sites (like radio stations) that DRM is required for the page, but haven’t noticed any breakage. Using them in that mode adds signal to their web server logs saying that forcing DRM will break their site. Everyone that cares about this stuff should be doing this. (And, no, firefox isn’t broken. Also, Firefox doesn’t include the pile of dark patterns and mandatory google spam that chrome does.)
    - Barbing 1y ago
      Firefox 100%! Absolutely re: sending a message. Using Chrome feels creepy, like the Google marketing team is watching me type or something. And risking the future of the open internet.
LoganDark 1y ago
It's something they've already done, they just aren't being public about it yet. Look up the X-Browser-Validation header.

mikestorrent 1y ago

It won't just be them. I foresee Cloudflare and other CDNs offering a free checkbox: [] Require age of majority verified user And it will in turn depend on Secure Attestation, Web Credentials, and other recent W3C work to provide proof that you're the registered owner, age of majority and verified by thumbprint or other biometrics, running an unmodified device. Your ID might be escrowed with your OS vendor, email provider, bank, ISP, or even Twitter/X, who knows. Either way, as an end user you'll be mollified that you don't have to provide your ID to the adult site, and the adult site will be happy that they don't have to implement any of this themselves. And, of course, this will mean that an intelligence service could have ironclad proof of exactly what person visits what website, effectively killing a lot of online anonymity.

fuzzzerd 1y ago
That sounds awful.
Barbing 1y ago
You’re probably 100% right and it’s honestly heartbreaking. Time to donate to the EFF and FSF I guess…
- hedora 1y ago
  Also, time to switch back to firefox, and turn off the DRM crap. I get warnings from some sites (like radio stations) that DRM is required for the page, but haven’t noticed any breakage. Using them in that mode adds signal to their web server logs saying that forcing DRM will break their site. Everyone that cares about this stuff should be doing this. (And, no, firefox isn’t broken. Also, Firefox doesn’t include the pile of dark patterns and mandatory google spam that chrome does.)
  - Barbing 1y ago
    Firefox 100%! Absolutely re: sending a message. Using Chrome feels creepy, like the Google marketing team is watching me type or something. And risking the future of the open internet.

LoganDark 1y ago

It's something they've already done, they just aren't being public about it yet. Look up the X-Browser-Validation header.