https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/wei-wpt-other

https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/wei-wpt

these showed up after Jul 21 per GitHub “contribution activity” but are retroactively dated to 13 - they were probably private before that.

We may not see that full implementation is already worked on.

It’s far too late for that, and it won’t work anyway.

Frankly, this is where regulators are supposed to step in. They won’t, but if it were working as it was intended to work, they’d have stepped in long before now.

this is where regulators aew supposed to step in.

EU should come back to the rescue.

Amju Wolf
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The EU isn’t some magical force that only does good for privacy. They had their own fair share of scandals and pretty much all regulations regarding privacy and data collection conveniently omit duties and responsibility for governments and such. They just realized that in an information age information is power. And they want that power for themselves and not some large state-like corporations. Which can be a win for us, sometimes, but it’s not a silver bullet.

This in particular is actually something they might like, because it would allow them to ensure “safe” environment for … whatever they want. With convenient tracking and anything else should they desire so.

It’s the only thing that has a chance of working. Us few Firefox users have no chance of weighing in the balance, we’ll just be cast aside. And the US won’t do anything, as usual.

tbh i think other government bodies should follow UN too, as far as i know they have been the only governing body that voices concern whenever tech companies become too greedy.

Waiting for government to act is a recipe for disaster. Governments react to angry people.

I am under no illusion the challenge we face, but I ain’t going to roll over, I will keep pushing. Give up if you want, but telling everyone to give up and you choose to become a stooge of the oppressors.

This will probably be another case of the European Union having to save our (the U.S. and others) collective asses from corporate overreach.

YeetPics
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If our regulators didn’t have loaded diapers and ask stuff like “how to convert to .jpg”, they surely don’t see the issues here.

With that mindset, nothing will ever get accomplished. As Louis Rossmann often says: We, the people, are who can change the culture and that’s what matters most.

The regulators are on their side… government is not your friend.

macniel
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No, Lobbyist that have money and “good intention” that influence governments are evil. Informed Government officials are actually capable of doing stuff for the citizens.

Someone who doesn’t work in tech rarely knows much about it, so those are few and far between.

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