Clippy says: looks like your social credit score is too low and you are buying medieval swords and armor, but there's no renaissance festival on your calendar. I'm going to go ahead and take care of that for you." Spoken in the voice of William Lumbergh from Office Space.

Google, under the guise of "testing" has started introducing the Web Integrity system into browsers - a powerful surveillance tool that allows the company to block the user from accessing any site or service.

The ban can be imposed for practically anything - using unofficial plugins or even Adblockers, and potentially sites Alphabet deem "inappropriate."

The justification for the digital Gulag? "Concern for the digital security of users."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/

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