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Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed

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596 points pimterry | 5 comments | 25 Jul 23 14:10 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
1. water9 ◴[25 Jul 23 14:45 UTC] No.36863034[source]▶
Its flat out bad business to exclude customers period. Figure out a way to have your customers not fight in line sure, but never shorten the line unless it is absolutely necessary (ie criminal)
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2. freedomben ◴[25 Jul 23 15:51 UTC] No.36864151[source]▶
It's worse business to get hacked or sued, especially if you're a bank.
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3. water9 ◴[25 Jul 23 16:29 UTC] No.36864907[source]▶
Oh, so you think it’s not possible to get a new identity?
4. Mindwipe ◴[25 Jul 23 17:50 UTC] No.36866430[source]▶
Losing half a percent of your traffic to get rid of 80% of spam, malware and DDOS attacks is pretty much always worth it and good business.
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5. water9 ◴[27 Jul 23 11:29 UTC] No.36891956[source]▶
That tradeoff exists in your mind only. IRL it's not like that.