Thanks for the exhaustive answer! Especially this part is enlightening: In this light, you can think of a tamper-evident log as being a sort of "reliable trans

Thanks for the exhaustive answer! Especially this part is enlightening: In this light, you can think of a tamper-evident log as being a sort of "reliable transport" to connect these different types of clients together [...] As it shows why my observation about possible tampering with clients isn't all that important.