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90 mentions on Hacker News by 78 people: 13 stories, 77 comments · first 2023-05-08 · latest 2026-08-30

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  1. …means that it will be used. How is this not DRM? And how is this not dangerous to the open web? [1] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by goku12 · 2023-07-25 · in So, you don't like a web platform proposal
  2. …the proposal's proponents, but the API owners [2], many of whom are not Google employees. [1] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... [2] https://blog.chromium.org/2019/11/intent-to-explain-demystif... P.S. I'd love…
    comment by yoavweiss_ · 2023-07-25 · in So, you don't like a web platform proposal
  3. …the politics aspect of it (I think...), but what's the new technical thing being added here? [0]: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by rtpg · 2023-07-25 · in So, you don't like a web platform proposal
  4. …everyone else, and then a much later time claiming it was "spam" is a pretty dirty tactic [2]. [1] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... [2] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by urda · 2023-07-25 · in Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web
  5. …Firefox and stop using Chrome. Mozilla stands against this and these engineers pushing it [6]. [1] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... [2] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... [3]…
    comment by urda · 2023-07-25 · in Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web
  6. …on HN and has, so far, remained silent here too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36825097 [0] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by EvanAnderson · 2023-07-24 · in Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web
  7. I'll add to this, notably, issues are still closed after the weekend: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... If this proposal gets rejected it'll be because of feedback in the press that is impossible to ignore. My…
    comment by danShumway · 2023-07-24 · in Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web
  8. The use cases for the WEI proposal are pretty clear from the explainer ( https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/ ...): Google "will be able to request a token that attests key facts about the environment their client…
    comment by thesuperbigfrog · 2023-07-24 · in Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web
  9. >> Seems like this is going to get a lot of pushback. It is: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by thesuperbigfrog · 2023-07-24 · in Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web
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    WebEnvironmentIntegrity API Proposal Issues
    story by nateb2022 · 2023-07-24 · 0 comments
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    Reactions to Google's Web Environment Integrity Proposal
    story by superb-owl · 2023-07-23 · 0 comments
  12. …of what is being solved." The use cases for the WEI proposal are pretty clear from the explainer ( https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... ): Google "will be able to request a token that attests key facts about the…
    comment by thesuperbigfrog · 2023-07-23 · in So, you don't like a web platform proposal
  13. …- be used by websites to exclude unattested clients, or you're implementing a useless feature." https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by delehal · 2023-07-23 · in Web Environment Integrity API Proposal
  14. …impose computing restrictions on the user . ---- > Can you quote that section. I don't see it. See https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... , specifically the bullet-point list under the introduction: > [...] This…
    comment by danShumway · 2023-07-22 · in Web Environment Integrity API Proposal
  15. …so that I can try to take a breath away from GitHub. I will reopen them after the weekend [1] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... [2] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by RupertWiser · 2023-07-22 · in Web Environment Integrity API Proposal
  16. …could still run your own JavaScript on websites. In fact, this is explicitly stated as a non-goal: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... > Non-goals: > > - Enforce or interfere with browser functionality, >…
    comment by tylerhou · 2023-07-22
  17. …high level overview about how they would try to mitigate fingerprinting and cross site tracking: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... . It's obvious that this doc is just a very early working draft -- the rest of…
    comment by tylerhou · 2023-07-22
  18. https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... I never thought I'd see a CoC being used as ammo against this, but it's excellent.
    comment by userbinator · 2023-07-22 · in Web Environment Integrity API Proposal
  19. A good explanation of how he would reconcile his proposal and the ideas he's previously expressed: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by jefftk · 2023-07-22 · in Web Environment Integrity API Proposal
  20. …weekend so that I can try to take a breath away from GitHub. I will reopen them after the weekend https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by andrethegiant · 2023-07-21 · in Web Environment Integrity API Proposal
  21. …The one pager has a section on stakeholder feedback [0], but doesn't name them for some reason. [0] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by enumjorge · 2023-07-21 · in Web Environment Integrity API Proposal
  22. …might be that Firefox won't implement the proposal. [0]: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser [1]: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26344013
    comment by tentacleuno · 2023-07-21 · in Web Environment Integrity API Proposal
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    Web Environment Integrity API Proposal
    story by reactormonk · 2023-07-21 · 447 comments
  24. https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... They got tired of getting comments from mere web users that don't want this and locked down comments :P
    comment by yukkuri · 2023-07-21 · in Google Chrome Proposal – Web Environment Integrity
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    Issues Page of the Web Environment Integrity API Proposal
    story by felipemesquita · 2023-07-21 · 0 comments
  26. …Just skimmed, will read in full later. https://rupertbenwiser.github.io/Web-Environment-Integrity/ https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... Goals Allow web servers to evaluate the authenticity of the device and…
    comment by throwaway888abc · 2023-07-21 · in Web Environment Integrity API
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    Web Environment Integrity API
    story by deadbunny · 2023-07-20 · 2 comments
  28. …context. Maybe the URL should just be updated to the github document the blog post links? [0] [0] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by JeremyNT · 2023-07-20 · in Become Ungoogleable
  29. actual link: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by 38 · 2023-07-20 · in Become Ungoogleable
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    Web Environment Integrity: Don't
    story by notpushkin · 2023-07-20 · 2 comments
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    Don’t add website DRM to Chrome
    story by sclarisse · 2023-07-19 · 0 comments
  32. Issue #28: Don’t. https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by sclarisse · 2023-07-19 · in Web Environment Integrity Proposal
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    Web Environment Integrity Proposal
    story by RGBCube · 2023-07-19 · 1 comment
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    Web Environment Integrity Explainer
    story by christoph-heiss · 2023-07-19 · 45 comments
  35. …no regards towards privacy and user control. It's a shame what the W3C has degenerated into. [1] https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...
    comment by akyuu · 2023-07-19 · in Google Chrome Proposal – Web Environment Integrity
  36. …applause, from those who have been sold the message to be afraid. Coproate controlled devices only: https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... Government ID required only: https://github.com/WICG/mobile-document-request…
    comment by rektide · 2023-05-15 · in Companies to pay $615k in investigation over faked net neutrality comments
  37. …the user has no control over, that Google can attest will only ever do what the developer wants. https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/Ux5h_... I just cannot…
    comment by rektide · 2023-05-15 · in Android Protected Confirmation API
  38. …"to prevent abuse" you can only use attestable devices (aka devices you the user cannot control), https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... , and only after you present government id,…
    comment by rektide · 2023-05-14 · in Laura Greene and Terence Tao Lead Whitehouse Generative AI Working Group
  39. From the linked explainer at https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/... > As new browsers are introduced, they would need to demonstrate to attesters (a relatively small group) that they pass the bar, Good luck with…
    comment by pmontra · 2023-05-08 · in Web Environment Integrity – Google locking down on browsers
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    Web Environment Integrity
    story by screenshot · 2023-05-08 · 0 comments