Comment on Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed
Serinus@lemmy.world 1 year agoFor sites that support it, you don’t have to fill out a captcha.
Instead it transmits a list of running processes (or other, formerly private info).
SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world 1 year ago
^Instead it transmits a list of running processes (or other, formerly private info).
No it doesn’t. Attestation is simply a cryptographicly signed “we trust this user is human” message.
Serinus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Based on what?
SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Based on the spec. The token is simply a signature that can be checked at the issuing party (Apple for this news item).