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API spec: https://rupertbenwiser.github.io/Web-Environment-Integrity/

It's morbidly amusing to see the browser referred to as a "user agent" here.

This probably isn't the best analogy to make the case you're trying to make. Agents in real life don't just blindly do whatever any customer asks. They actually have some standards and boundaries they have to observe, including ensuring integrity in their dealings on behalf of the customer. (To be clear I'm not endorsing the proposal, just commenting on the analogy.)

> on behalf of the customer

Not on behalf of the website.

nothing amusing about it, just a simple statement of fact:

> A user agent is a computer program representing a person, for example, a browser in a Web context.

https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Glossary/User_agent

> Examples include all common web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/User_agent

I'm aware of the history of the term. It's not an accurate statement of fact if the browser isn't acting on behalf of or towards the interests of the user.

I agree with you, but in regards to Chrome, thats been the case for at least 10 years, so I'm not sure what good pointing it out now will do. that ship has sailed, and aint comin back. better would be to point people toward better options, if they exist.

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