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> I have no doubt they will implement WEI, but it will not bring security.

This is precisely OP’s point. WEI will quickly dominate despite having nothing to do with securing anyone.

WEI sounds like another security theater play by Ad corp. When web first come out it is because it's sandbox that made it so attractive. The server doesn't need to know what client it is, as long as it is speaking http.

With intro of html5, (webgpu, webgl, web audio api), that sandbox has being slowly opened up.

That will be pretty much the same situation as on mobile where the third party rom developers and users are pretty much the only ones affected by design by this concept.

Who will have some trouble with this new concept on the web? Smaller browser maker, software developers and crawlers from competitors

Not a single scammer or ad fraud will be affected, same as on mobile.

Easy to see why Google wants that, its attacking the competition

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