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We (me with a friend) created this page https://openwebdefenders.org and planning to create banners for websites that may want to inform their users on what's going on.

If anyone wants to contribute somehow or have other ideas I would be happy to discuss on https://github.com/openwebdefenders/web/issues

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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Thank you for making an informative and non-alarmist website around the topic of Web Environment Integrity.

I've seen (and being downvoted for arguing against) so many articles, posts, and comments taking a sensationalized approach to the discussion around it, and it's nice to finally see some genuine and wholly factual coverage of it.

I really can't understate how much I appreciate your efforts towards ethical reporting here. You guys don't use alarm words like "DRM," and you went through the effort of actually explaining both what WEI does and how it poses a risk for the open web. Nothing clickybaity, ragebaity, and you don't frame it dishonesty. Just a good, objective description of what it is in its current form and how that could be changed to everything people are worried about.

Is there anything that someone like me could help contribute with? It seems like our goals (informing users without inciting them, so they can create useful feedback without FUD and misinformation) align, and I'd love to help out any way I can. I read the (at the time incomplete) specs and explainer for WEI, and I could probably write a couple of paragraphs going over what they promised or omitted. If you check my post history, I also have a couple of my own example of how the WEI spec could be abused to harm users.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Hi. Thanks a lot for your kind words and enthusiasm!

We are currently thinking about this "movement" and trying to plan stuff. If you have something on your mind, you are more than welcomed to create an issue.

I really appreciate your passion on this matter, and will kindly contact you after we structure stuff on our minds. Cheers!

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