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

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596 points pimterry | 1 comments | 25 Jul 23 14:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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Santosh83 ◴[25 Jul 23 14:28 UTC] No.36862751[source]▶
Maybe I'm wrong but Web Attestation will also be a death knell for Linux devices (not Android/Chrome OS) as far as being able to use them as equal clients to use the Web goes. They're simply too diverse and 'hackable' as a plotform for remote attestation to work reliably and thus they'll be excluded altogether (except a few 'blessed' distros that will then become industry controlled, and not Linux in spirit anymore).
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onion2k ◴[25 Jul 23 14:44 UTC] No.36863025[source]▶
I slightly suspect that the only platforms that will actually implement Web Attestation are the ones I'm trying to remove myself from, so I secretly[1] hope this is the catalyst I need to stop going on crappy social networks and video platforms.

I apparently don't have the will power to stop going on these sites so maybe stopping me loading content from the other side is exactly what I need.

[1] Not so secretly now I've mentioned it here I suppose.

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tomstockmail ◴[25 Jul 23 14:46 UTC] No.36863057[source]▶
Banks.
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onion2k ◴[25 Jul 23 15:05 UTC] No.36863374[source]▶
Given how long it took my bank to launch a mobile app I think I have a few decades before they implement this tech.
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freedomben ◴[25 Jul 23 16:13 UTC] No.36864605[source]▶
So in 30 years, then what? Just hope we've all died?
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1. onion2k ◴[25 Jul 23 20:44 UTC] No.36869172[source]▶
Of course not.

I'm hoping for a global catastrophe leading to the end of money and the rise of bartering for fuel in return for food and water with roving motorcycle gangs.