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Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM (9to5google.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The Chrome team says they're not going to pursue Web Integrity but...

it is piloting a new Android WebView Media Integrity API that’s “narrowly scoped, and only targets WebViews embedded in apps.”

They say its because the team "heard your feedback." I'm sure that's true, and I can wildly speculate that all the current anti-trust attention was a factor too.

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[-] dirtbiker509@lemm.ee 128 points 9 months ago

I'd like to believe that enough of us actually stopped using chrome and switched to Firefox the day they made that announcement that swayed them... But in reality I'm sure it was just the bad press and they're going to try to find a different more sneaky way to do the same shit.

[-] calavera@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

Can you actually stop using chrome on android? Because every link I click it opens in their webview app which is chrome

[-] flamingarms@feddit.uk 13 points 9 months ago

Dunno if this is what you mean, but you can definitely set another browser as default. Any context menus will change too: "Open with Firefox", or w/e you're using.

[-] calavera@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

No, I'm not talking about default browser but the WebView app. For example I'm using Voyager for Lemmy, and if I click on this post's link it will open the website in the WebView, then I can click to Open with firefox.

But WebView itself is still chrome as you can see

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago

You must be on stock android. I think you can still swap out the webview component but I forgot how

[-] aeharding@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

You can customize Voyager to open links in default browser not in-app: Settings -> General -> Open Links in

[-] calavera@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Weird, I can't see this option

[-] aeharding@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

It's only available if you are using the native app. The PWA doesn't have that option due to web limitations unfortunately.

[-] flamingarms@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago

Ohhhh I see. Yeah, I think Sync uses Chrome too. Sync has an option to always open links in external web browser, so that's how I got around that.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago

It's even crazier than that. On some versions of Android there is no webview, only chrome! I think that was around Android 8 or so they dropped webview then re-added webview in the next version

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