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suspends digital amid data protection concerns - https://techcabal.com/2023/12/05/kenya-halts-roll-out-of-digital-ids/

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cazabon, to internet

Google's "Web Environment #Integrity" #proposal is one of the #evilest things I have ever seen proposed for the #internet, possibly only behind #government #IDs being required for any access.

https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md

Let's get this out of the way: they give a number of #reasons why #webservers "might wish" to establish that a web #client is running on a "#trusted" software stack, including things like "make sure other game players aren't cheating" and "ensure I'm talking to another human".

1/x

cazabon,

That is, of course, 100% pure , , fair trade .

There are only two things here that cares about:

  1. Having better that are being served to actual humans-behind-browsers rather than to . This is because the more certain they can make advertisers feel about this, the more they can for an ad impression.

  2. Ensuring that do not use ad blockers, because that hurts the bottom line.

2/x

cazabon,

: I've never asked people to share or boost my content; it just doesn't feel right to me.

However, this issue is important. "Regular" people need to know about , and how it will be used for evil.

Please share this thread if you are concerned with Google et al taking over control of your web experience.

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