this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2023
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ELI5

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Explain it to me like I am 5. Everybody should know what this is about.

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Non-techy here, I've been seeing a lot of posts about Google DRM shenanigans, but don't really understand it, and what's 'bad' about it.

ELI5 please thank you

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[โ€“] PathogenXD 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, and why is bad: the server requires your browser to pass a check to see if it's going to run your code correctly (called an attestation). It asks a third party to do that check, which will most likely be Google. Guess which browsers are going to pass those attestations more easily? Chrome. The only possible benefit to the average person is that maybe this will make it more difficult for bot farms to access the web

[โ€“] Wabbitsmiles 1 points 1 year ago

Is what you are describing similar to the experience of declining cookies on certain sites, and in turn, sites dont allow you to enter and redirect you to Google or a main page?

e.g. healthline.com