Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web

Ars Technica
By Ron AmadeoJul 24, 2023, 3:55 pm164 ptsTrending
Enlarge / The little Android robot is watching everything you do. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Google's newest proposed web standard is... DRM? Over the weekend the Internet got wind of this proposal for a "Web Environment Integrity API. " The explainer is authored by four Googlers, including at least…

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