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Google is working on essentially putting DRM on the web (github.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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The much maligned "Trusted Computing" idea requires that the party you are supposed to trust deserves to be trusted, and Google is DEFINITELY NOT worthy of being trusted, this is a naked power grab to destroy the open web for Google's ad profits no matter the consequences, this would put heavy surveillance in Google's hands, this would eliminate ad-blocking, this would break any and all accessibility features, this would obliterate any competing platform, this is very much opposed to what the web is.

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[–] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

There is no technical solution to trust.

Google knows this. Trust isn't really the problem they're trying to solve.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    This is my biggest issue, it's such a bare-faced lie!

    It's completely insane for the browser to need to trust the client. Instead, you implement zero-trust, and require authentication and authorization for anything sensitive.

    The server absolutely shouldn't trust the client isn't malicious, instead it should assume it is malicious until proven otherwise

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