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@seasonone@opidea.xyz to Technology@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible

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In recent news, Google has put forth a proposal known as the "Web Environment Integrity Explainer", authored by four of its engineers. On the surface, it
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    Technical explainer:
    https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md#how-it-works

    It apparently requires some kind of proprietary operating environment to function, thus making it compatible with free (as in freedom) computing. You would need either a proprietary library/OS or an open OS but a proprietary piece of vendor hardware to act as the attester.

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      Assuming you meant incompatible.

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