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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 00:34:13 JST 翠星石

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   • Emma
   @ipg Just really test for sites that work at all without JavaScript and you'll soon arrive at a fair list of websites that are either harmful or are okay.
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     Emma (ipg@wetdry.world)'s status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 00:34:15 JST Emma

     maybe i should make a "fair" list of websites that are harmful to the open web, what category of websites should be included?

     i'm thinking, in order from "worst" to "still worst but not as bad"

     - operating system user agent blocks, since there's no conceivable excuse for those (a Linux or BSD user is just as valid as a Windows one)
     - outright blocks of Tor, VPNs, or any other wide reaching IP space that impacts privacy or global availability (for Tor and VPNs, not withstanding sensitive routes)
     - using that bastard web attestation API, for whatever purpose
     - blocking out users for using ad and content blockers
     - using prompt fatigue to force user consent (for marketing, notifications, etc)
     - arbitrarily blocking out user agents (if they're lacking a required web feature - the web feature should be checked for, not the UA, but ill dock them less if theres a reason)

     anything i'm missing?