• @azuth
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      142 years ago

      Ads. To be precise this on it’s own provides a way for servers to be certain of the environment the pages run (browser, plugins, os). Protecting ads or other functions come from servers refusing unattested configurations or configurations they don’t like (i.e. running adblock, running firefox, running linux).

      • @[email protected]
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        72 years ago

        if chrome fully adapts this, this might well be a full blown commerical by chrome for people to switch to firefox. i have been only using chrome only to run our projects locally and test it out.

      • baltakatei
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        52 years ago

        It should be noted that “being certain of the environment the pages run” requires controlling the client software being executed which requires preventing the user from modifying said executable which requires the browser to either be closed source or, more effectively, controlling the user’s hardware via blackbox verification chips (e.g. TPM DRM). It’s not just advertisers that would benefit but any website that wants to DRM content.

    • @[email protected]
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      62 years ago

      I’d guess it’s first gonna be used for streaming TV shows and such. After that it’ll probably be used for absurd things

      • @[email protected]
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        102 years ago

        I’d guess it’s first gonna be used for streaming TV shows

        I thought they were already being protected by DRM.

        • @[email protected]
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          42 years ago

          Kinda, but it doesn’t work very well. Using video download manager you can download pretty much every video from the web

          • @[email protected]
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            32 years ago

            Can you recommend me one that can be used to download DRM protected content from OTT platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Mubi? Might well as archive the content I watch.

            • @[email protected]
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              32 years ago

              Sadly I can’t, netflix won’t let me watch anything on Librewolf/Firefox on linux. I’d recommend looking into getting a good proxy, a Jellyfin server and also the *arr stack (Sonarr, etc…)

                • @[email protected]
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                  12 years ago

                  Yes, personally I use ProtonVPN. Iirc they don’t care about copyright laws because they don’t really apply in their country, I might be wrong though

                  Also make sure your ip doesn’t get leaked by your torrent client

    • @[email protected]
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      32 years ago

      Malware, malware encrypts its code so researchers cant crack into it and antivirus cant anilize it. Google is accedentally sponsoring malware