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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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

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[-] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Why would my bank care which browser I use? Their business model isn't based on showing me ads.

[-] frog@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

I could go into the conspiratorial 4D chess I'm sure google is playing, but let me ask this instead: Does you bank not have any captchas, anywhere in the flow of accessing/using their website? Cause if they do, I hope you know google is absolutely going to advertise DRM requirements as the best tech for fighting bot traffic. Even if Google wasn't doing anything like offering cheap training to their standards to influence the future of the cybersecurity space, that would be PLENTY to get a looooot of big corporations, including banks, to use it.

[-] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

No captcha's for any of my banking services. I don't know how effective captcha's are anyways. I suspect slow cooldowns are probably more secure.

[-] frog@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Huh, neat. Regardless, I think google will find a way to sell it or they wouldn't be invested in it so much, but point taken. I just saw a lot of people commenting on other places about how this is hopeless and there's no way to protest and wanted to give a solid example of how it could be done effectively.

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