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Unpacking Google’s new “dangerous” Web-Environment-Integrity specification

vivaldi.com Unpacking Google’s new “dangerous” Web-Environment-Integrity specification

Why Vivaldi browser thinks Google’s new proposal, the Web-Environment-Integrity spec, is a major threat to the open web and should be pushed back.

Unpacking Google’s new “dangerous” Web-Environment-Integrity specification

Will accessibility tools that rely on automating input to the browser cause it to become untrusted? Will it affect extensions? The spec does currently specify a carveout for browser modifications and extensions, but those can make automating interactions with a website trivial. So, either the spec is useless or restrictions will eventually be applied there too.

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  • It won't fly. Not when a popular red meat election year topic is breaking google up and one such year is just around the corner.