Comment on Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed
toddestan@lemmy.world 1 year agoIt’ll probably end up worse than that. Turn off secure boot and Windows may still run, but it will no longer verify and all these sites will now refuse to work on your computer. So if you like to run Linux, even dual booting or running Windows in a VM won’t be good enough anymore.
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s not just that.
Apples implementation of this doesn’t tell the website anything about the device other than “Apples approves”.
Google’s implementation will give the website direct information about the browser and computer. Which permits them to get granular and targeted on restrictions.
HelloHotel@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Its a fixed identifier, it can be a replacement for amythimg to forcably identify users:
HelloHotel@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If you want to see what happens when a company implements this system where they approve your usage and then warps it into a punishment system later by revoking their approval when youve been naughty, see minecraft chat reporting.