Re:Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred fro...
by nradov on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @07:52PM
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Most of that stuff like court decisions and patents isn't copyrighted anyway. They can host a copy on their own site and display ads around it if they want to.
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Re:Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred fro...
by justinclift on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @08:24PM
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Sure, but if they're hosting it on their own site then who's to know it hasn't been modified by them for some reason?
ie it's no longer a "source of truth"
Re:Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred fro...
by 8n4vidtmkvmk on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @11:31PM
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Post the checksum J/K. Court should maybe GPG sign it though.. something like that. So we can verify the creator of any particular document.
Re:Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred fro...
by madaxe_again on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @02:35AM
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Who is this for though? Your average user would not be able to use it or understand the purpose of it. A big image of a padlock with a tick saying “SECURE AND VERIFIED” would be just as effective.
Re:Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred fro...
by justinrubek on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @08:58AM
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The average user doesn't understand TLS but they use it. The average user doesn't understand TCP but they still use it. That doesn't sound like a problem to me. Having signed documents isn't a bad thing.
Re:Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred fro...
by hdjrudni on Thursday September 04, 2025 @02:00AM
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Have to start somewhere. Especially in this age of AI where everything can be faked. Put a "learn more" link that says how they can verify the authenticity. If people aren't interested in learning, that's on them. A padlock doesn't tell you anything. The padlock next the URL just says the connection is encrypted. You used to be able to pay $200 and the cert authority would make you send documents proving you are who you say you are, and it'd show your company name next to the address bar. I went through the process once. It was a good idea IMO, not sure why we got rid of it. Maybe shiesty authorities that weren't doing their due diligence.