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		gostsamo on July 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google is already pushing WEI into Chromium If adopted by publishers, the web will be closed to everyone but allowed browsers on allowed OSes on allowed hardware. No ad blockers, no extensions, no customizations beyond what the few chosen browsers allow explicitly.

criddell on July 26, 2023 [–]

I have a website so I guess that makes me a publisher. Say I wanted to block Chrome on Windows and Firefox on Debian? How would I use this?

gostsamo on July 26, 2023 | [–]

The browser would provide an api which returns a signed token which will be confirmed by an atestation authority.

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