Unpacking Google’s Web Environment Integrity specification

There is zero point debating this in technical detail because the proposal itself is evil. Don't get distracted by tone policing and how they scream you must be civil and whatnot.

Our best hope is kicking up a huge fuss so legislators and media will notice, so Google will be under pressure. It won't make them cancel the feature but don't forget to remember that they aren't above anti-trust law. There is a significant chance that some competition authority will step in if the issue doesn't die down. Our job is to make sure it won't be forgotten really quickly.

Yes, we need to protest. And I don't mean protest by slamming Google's github repositories with comments. That's not a protest. Go tell the media. Go tell your elected officials.

I also think web developers getting together like we did with SOPA/PIPA and raising awareness on our web properties can also help. How do we organize that?

There are some ways ranging from mellow to outright cuntish. These can be applied to websites or social media profiles (depending on the method):

- Display a small text or a link to raise awareness about WEI

- Display a "Works best with Firefox, a browser which respects you and your privacy" banner in a similar way to the chrome nagging popups.

- Display a fullscreen modal (just like the SOPA/PIPA ones) with a detailed write-up of the problem

- Subtly degrade the website's experience on chromium (just check window.chrome)

- Outright block chromium, and explain why.

Blocking Chromium altogether isn't as big of a deal as it seems, either (unless you're a truly huge website). It's so easy to switch to Firefox these days. Probably takes a few minutes. For technical blogs with useful content on them I suspect people's desire to see the content will override the inertia of switching browsers.