Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM
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Back in July, Google's work on a Web Integrity API emerged and many equated it to DRM. The company announced today it's not proceeding...

While WEI is thankfully cancelled, it’s not entirely cancelled… They’re planning on making it available still in WebViews with the intention that websites can check if a malicious Android app is trying to do a phishing scheme.

Seems like such a niche “security” feature… what are they really trying to accomplish here? Something seems fishy to me

    • Baut [she/her] auf.@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      I’d expect them to support basic integrity. They already do that for apps, so no reason to not expand it. It’d break compatibility.
      Since they don’t (want) to offer a way to circumvent the basic integrity check right now, I don’t see why they would undo the expansion into the webview.