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Google Chrome's Web Environment Integrity feature has been cancelled(9to5google.com)

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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

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𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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Tau@sopuli.xyz
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I would never agree with what Google proposes, though

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DrownedAxolotl@feddit.de
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You may not, but you’d be surprised with how many people didn’t even care about WEI, let alone whatever the reasonable option will be

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Damn? Really?

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4dpuzzle@beehaw.org
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Nope. It’s getting integrated into Android WebView.

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Pantherina@feddit.de
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Daaamn poor GrapheneOS devs…

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ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
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They grew thanks to the open internet where everyone let them scrape their website’s content. They can’t let anyone do that again.

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