#webintegrityenvironment — Public Fediverse posts

Wondering how much of a motivator for Google's whole #WebIntegrityEnvironment thing might be the fright they got when ChatGPT facilitated Bing to actually threaten their search dominance.

If bots don't meet attestation requirements to be served content, AI bots can't train on participating sites, except for Google's Bard bots of course.

And participating sites will be every site that wants Google traffic.

#Google's #WebIntegrityEnvironment in #Chrome and #Chromium browsers aims to control the web. It introduces third-party attesters to validate device legitimacy, enabling websites to block access based on their results.

This threatens web openness, as these attesters' capabilities aren't defined explicity, leaving room for potential censorship.

Devices could be disqualified for using specific browsers or addons.

1 out of 2 #WebIntegrityEnvironment #DRM #Censorship

@mozilla said "No" to #Google's attempt at #BrowserSuppression ("#WebIntegrityEnvironment"):

"#Mozilla opposes this proposal because it contradicts our principles and vision for the Web."

https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/852

Quoting their vision:

"Standards themselves aim to avoid assumptions about the underlying hardware or software that might restrict where they can be deployed. This means that no single party decides which form-factors, devices, operating systems, and browsers may access the Web."