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I'm happy to see this being noticed more and more. Google wants to destroy the open web, so it's a lot at stake.

Google basically says "Trust us". What a joke.

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[-] takeda@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

All of that can be easily checked via JavaScript, but now if you world use extensions to disable those checks you would not pass the attestation.

So yeah, essentially you no longer have control over your computer, and need to bend over and accept everything the site owner wishes to do.

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

bend over and accept everything the site owner wishes to do.

Including a malicious site owner's wishes.

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