CHROME (google) is planing to implement DRM (kinda) into their browser - eviltoast

looks like rendering adblockers extensions obsolete with manifest-v3 was not enough so now they try to implement DRM into the browser giving the ability to any website to refuse traffic to you if you don’t run a complaint browser ( cough…firefox )

here is an article in hacker news since i’m sure they can explain this to you better than i.

and also some github docs

  • Silverseren@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Then I will stop browsing them? I stopped using Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit quite easily. I can do it with others if they’re going to go down this route.

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        1 year ago

        Internet Explorer tried real hard to do that. Pages were literally built only to run “properly” in IE.

        Curious what round 2 would look like.

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          1 year ago

          In a world that now has stronger cryptography, attestation and surveillance capabilities? I can assure you Round 2 would go vastly different. There would also not be a Round 3.

        • flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Bank sites don’t necessarily need to want to block ads to implement something like this. They will just see the headlines that say “this is more secure” and that will be enough for them to buy in to it.

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        1 year ago

        If my non us bank forces me to use Chrome in order to access my account online, they’re gonna get a call from me