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Google Chrome's Web Environment Integrity feature has been cancelled (9to5google.com)

submitted 1 year ago by dean@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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While WEI is thankfully cancelled, it's not entirely cancelled... They're planning on making it available still in WebViews with the intention that websites can check if a malicious Android app is trying to do a phishing scheme.

Seems like such a niche "security" feature... what are they really trying to accomplish here? Something seems fishy to me

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[–] RandoCalrandian@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It means a bunch of work to undo all the things Google is about to do

[–] BautAufWasEuchAufbaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I'd expect them to support basic integrity. They already do that for apps, so no reason to not expand it. It'd break compatibility.
Since they don't (want) to offer a way to circumvent the basic integrity check right now, I don't see why they would undo the expansion into the webview.