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0 pointseverdrive1d ago0 comments

No one should ever browse the web on a smart phone. Not joking.

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This API also works on the desktop. In fact, you can't use this system without a phone if your browser isn't Google enough.

We are going to see sooooo many scams out there. No wonder Google is locking down third party Android apps outside of their control, getting a user to install "device verification.apk" will become super trivial after people have clicked through these popups a couple times.

CharlesW1d ago

That war was lost in the 2010s, around the same time as the vertical video war.

llbbdd1d ago

Phone is small computer

everdriveOP1d ago

Sure, and the north korean Linux distro also runs on a computer. I still wouldn't touch it.

llbbdd1d ago

Is it just a matter of not trusting the OS? I'm trying to figure out why "smart phone" is the discriminator here.

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tremon1d ago

It is, just like a calculator is a small computer. It's not a personal computing device though, in the sense that the user can't develop and deploy their own software/tools on it.

llbbdd1d ago

Even if that were true, that has nothing to do with browsing the web on it

mindslight1d ago

No one should ever browse the web from an ESP32 either. Like seriously the dark patterns are bad enough from a desktop where you've actually got the screen real estate to see the whole page, have other sites open for comparison, have a keyboard to type your own notes, etc. Most browsing can simply wait, especially the adversarial-commercial type we're talking about here.

triceratops1d ago

And also don't install apps? What's left then?

everdriveOP1d ago

A device I have no choice in owning because modern employers assume you have sometime to install an authenticator app on. That's what it is for me. Also, sadly, it's an anchor for Signal. Otherwise I don't use the stupid thing.

stronglikedan1d ago

well that just seems counterproductive and unreasonable but it's Friday so what do I care

-- sent from Chrome on Android

theamk1d ago

and it seems Google wants to support people like you!

That entire QR barcode thing is so that you can browse the web on your laptop/desktop, and _still_ rely on smart phone's attestation, no mobile browser needed.

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jeroenhd1d ago

This API also works on the desktop. In fact, you can't use this system without a phone if your browser isn't Google enough.

CharlesW1d ago

That war was lost in the 2010s, around the same time as the vertical video war.

llbbdd1d ago

Phone is small computer

everdriveOP1d ago

Sure, and the north korean Linux distro also runs on a computer. I still wouldn't touch it.

llbbdd1d ago

Is it just a matter of not trusting the OS? I'm trying to figure out why "smart phone" is the discriminator here.

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tremon1d ago

It is, just like a calculator is a small computer. It's not a personal computing device though, in the sense that the user can't develop and deploy their own software/tools on it.

llbbdd1d ago

Even if that were true, that has nothing to do with browsing the web on it

mindslight1d ago

triceratops1d ago

And also don't install apps? What's left then?

everdriveOP1d ago

stronglikedan1d ago

well that just seems counterproductive and unreasonable but it's Friday so what do I care

-- sent from Chrome on Android

theamk1d ago

and it seems Google wants to support people like you!

That entire QR barcode thing is so that you can browse the web on your laptop/desktop, and _still_ rely on smart phone's attestation, no mobile browser needed.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse