▲ 228 ▼ Google's Bard Urges Google to Drop Web Environment Integrity (archive.is) submitted 3 years ago by d3Xt3r@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments I asked Google Bard whether it thought Web Environment Integrity was a good or bad idea. Surprisingly, not only did it respond that it was a bad idea, it even went on to urge Google to drop the proposal.
[–] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 years ago (2 children) Would it be feasible to fork the internet if this comes to pass? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] realharo@lemm.ee 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Internet is just a series of tubes. You're talking about alternative content/services providers (news, video, shopping, etc.) if the existing ones choose to require only approved browsers. Are you going to run your own news company? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 10 points 3 years ago The internet, without porn, is just 4 DVDs anyway. permalink fedilink source parent [–] davehtaylor@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) It would be more feasible to fork the Web rather than the Internet. The Web is all software and protocols, while the Internet would require different physical service providers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Pedantic, but accurate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tesseract@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago I don't think it's pedantic. It's relevant. Web is a mess, thanks largely to Google. But we still have a lot of other protocols and the freedom to come up with new alternatives. If they figure out how to abuse the TCP/IP stack, then it's game over. We might as well start from scratch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] realharo@lemm.ee 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Internet is just a series of tubes. You're talking about alternative content/services providers (news, video, shopping, etc.) if the existing ones choose to require only approved browsers. Are you going to run your own news company? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 10 points 3 years ago The internet, without porn, is just 4 DVDs anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 10 points 3 years ago The internet, without porn, is just 4 DVDs anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davehtaylor@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) It would be more feasible to fork the Web rather than the Internet. The Web is all software and protocols, while the Internet would require different physical service providers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Pedantic, but accurate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tesseract@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago I don't think it's pedantic. It's relevant. Web is a mess, thanks largely to Google. But we still have a lot of other protocols and the freedom to come up with new alternatives. If they figure out how to abuse the TCP/IP stack, then it's game over. We might as well start from scratch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Pedantic, but accurate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tesseract@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago I don't think it's pedantic. It's relevant. Web is a mess, thanks largely to Google. But we still have a lot of other protocols and the freedom to come up with new alternatives. If they figure out how to abuse the TCP/IP stack, then it's game over. We might as well start from scratch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tesseract@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago I don't think it's pedantic. It's relevant. Web is a mess, thanks largely to Google. But we still have a lot of other protocols and the freedom to come up with new alternatives. If they figure out how to abuse the TCP/IP stack, then it's game over. We might as well start from scratch. permalink fedilink source parent