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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by ratelimitsteve on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @10:29AM (#45027051)
Is this not more or less what Manifest is attempting to do? The headline grabber is that it disables ad-blocking but it's essentially trying to establish the browser as a "trusted" (owned) platform, no?
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Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s... by tadfisher on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @01:03PM (#45029332)
You're thinking of Google's attempt to port Play Integrity/Safetynet to the Web [0]. Nothing to do with Manifest V3, IIUC.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Environment_Integrity

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