**DAP = Distributed Aggregation Protocol (for privacy preserving measurement)

They’ve already screwed up. This is another way they’re trying to sneak unwanted bullshit into the fabric of the internet.

Next I want you to look closely at this author.

Jana Iyengar VP, Product, Infrastructure Services

Uhuh. First problem is he’s a VP. This man’s job demands that what he sells makes MONEY first.

Next let’s have a look at the mini bio. (Emphasis added)

Jana Iyengar is VP of Product for Infrastructure Services at Fastly, where he is responsible for the core hardware, software, and networking systems that constitute Fastly’s platform. Prior to this, he was a Distinguished Engineer at Fastly, where he worked on transport and networking performance, building and deploying QUIC and HTTP/3, and serving as editor of the IETF’s QUIC specifications. He chairs the IRTF’s Internet Congestion Control Research Group (ICCRG). Prior to Fastly, he worked on QUIC and other networking projects at Google, before which he was an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Franklin & Marshall College.”

It’s easy to miss because they LITERALLY gloss right over it. This dude is an ex-Googler.

Hell. To. The. No. No. No. No. No!

This is Telemetry, analytic and tracking crap BUILT RIGHT IN AT THE FUCKING PROTOCOL LEVEL

NOPE! NOPE! NOPE! FUCK NOPE!

Today’s unreadable hashes are tomorrow’s GUUIDs with Quantum Computing right around the fucking corner.

What is confirmed as cryptographically sound for now, may not be for even the remainder of the decade.

It seems like the will respect TLS, so in theory even if it failed and someone was able to intercept the request at the relay, they wouldn’t have access to the data. That being said"Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" is becoming more popular as people anticipate quantum computing may be able to crack these encryptions in bulk.