Back in July, Google's work on a Web Integrity API emerged and many equated it to DRM. The company announced today it's not proceeding...

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.

  • @DesistanceEnglish
    53•7 months ago

    Moving it to WebView just makes it a Trojan horse for the rest of the web.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•7 months ago

      Isn’t Webview just a proprietary Android thingy? I still don’t like it, but that sounds pretty isolated to me.

      • @hushableEnglish
        7•7 months ago

        I think Android WebView is open source as part of AOSP, but yes, it is Android only.