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
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    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.

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      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

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        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.

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          1 year ago

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