Risky Bulletin Newsletter
July 24, 2023
Risky Biz News: Proposed Web DRM could stop ad-blockers from working
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A team of four Google engineers has proposed a new Web API named Web Environment Integrity that would allow websites to block client apps that modify their code.
In layman's terms, the proposal would force clients, such as desktop and mobile browsers, to cryptographically sign a CBOR token that contains details about their local environment.
Based on the token they receive, websites can then decide if they want to continue delivering service to the client or not.