A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users' local network

Re:A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users' loca... by kulahan on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @03:52PM (#44184797)

I agree fully with him. I don’t care what part of your job gets harder, or what software breaks if you can’t make it work without unnecessarily invading my privacy. You could tell me it’s going to shut down the internet for 6 months and I still wouldn’t care.

You’ll have to come up with a really strong defense for why this shouldn’t happen in order to convince most users.

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Re:A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users' loca... by donnachangstein on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:03PM (#44184901)

> I don’t care what part of your job gets harder, or what software breaks if you can’t make it work without unnecessarily invading my privacy.

I would suggest placing your computer back into the box, and returning it to its place of purchase.

> You could tell me it’s going to shut down the internet for 6 months and I still wouldn’t care.

Can you provide an itemized list of the severe security impacts that require such drastic action, that for some reason hasn't been a concern despite existing for 35 years, or are you purposely being obtuse? On the plus side, Google might be hiring for a consumer advocate.

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Re:A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users' loca... by GlacierFox on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:13PM (#44184979)

I like your "you've been *** my ass for 35 years, please feel free to keep doing it for all eternity" attitude.

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Re:A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users' loca... by Aeolun on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @06:55PM (#44186450)

It just means I run a persistent client on your device that is permanently connected to the mothership, instead of only when you have your browser open.

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Re:A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users' loca... by kulahan on Thursday June 05, 2025 @04:57PM (#44195699)

I’m so glad most people don’t truly consider software devs to be real engineers, because this is a perfect example of why that word deserves so much more respect than this field gives it.

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