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		garganzol on July 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Web Environment Integrity API Proposal I see one more dangerous development imposed by this move: limiting access to web content for rival search engines. I'm sure that Google Robot will pass all "high security standards" and web integrity checks, while others won't be able to do so.

fireant on July 23, 2023 | [–]

Wow I didn't even think of this. Truly a brilliant move that intends to kill the open web on two fronts at once.

maxloh on July 22, 2023 | [–]

Then we may just pretend ourselves as Google bot.

garganzol on July 22, 2023 | [–]

We may not if the identity is validated cryptographically.

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