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Explain it to me like I am 5. Everybody should know what this is about.
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Oh, and why is bad: the server requires your browser to pass a check to see if it's going to run your code correctly (called an attestation). It asks a third party to do that check, which will most likely be Google. Guess which browsers are going to pass those attestations more easily? Chrome. The only possible benefit to the average person is that maybe this will make it more difficult for bot farms to access the web