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I'm under the impression that CORS largely solves it?

which is still much too new to be able to shut down the PSL of course. but maybe in 2050.





Since this is being downvoted: no, I'm quite serious.

CORS lets sites define their own security boundaries between subdomains, with mutual validation. If you're hosting user content in a subdomain, just don't allow-origin it: that is a clear statement that it's not "the same site". PSL plays absolutely no part in that logic, it seems clear to me that it's at least in part intended to replace the PSL.

Do other sites (like google's safety checks) use CORS for this purpose? Dunno. Seems like they could though? Or am I missing something?




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