On: Google is already pushing WEI into Chromium

[hanniabu]

As someone that isn't up-to-date on WEI, can someone provide a TLDR of what it does and why it's bad?

[stronglikedan → hanniabu]

Not exactly a nutshell, but here's an explainer:

https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/...

And here's why it may be bad:

https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environme...

And the HN discussion on the latter:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36875940

[hightrix → hanniabu]

TL;DR: It is DRM for the web where Google (or others) can only allow specific OS/Browser combination to access a website.

If you want to know more, others have written novels in these comments.