While WEI is thankfully cancelled, it’s not entirely cancelled… They’re planning on making it available still in WebViews with the intention that websites can check if a malicious Android app is trying to do a phishing scheme.

Seems like such a niche “security” feature… what are they really trying to accomplish here? Something seems fishy to me

  • 4dpuzzle@beehaw.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    1 year ago

    A win is when we have forced them to abandon the wretched plan. Them taking it elsewhere with a different name, only to be brought back in the future isn’t a win - it’s more or less the folly the Trojans committed with the Greek wooden horse.

      • 4dpuzzle@beehaw.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        I don’t trust Google’s word that they will keep it that way. Besides, would you have accepted this proposal if WEI wasn’t proposed first? It’s a form of manipulation.

        • Big P@feddit.uk
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Sites inside webviews can already communicate with the app running them, I don’t see how this proposal in this form causes any additional problems

          • 4dpuzzle@beehaw.org
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            The same can be said about WEI on browsers. Just wait till it becomes a problem - only problem is that you won’t be able to escape it at that point.

            • Big P@feddit.uk
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              1 year ago

              Except websites can’t just communicate directly with the OS like they can in webviews