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I know that HN is not one homogeneous opinion, but it always comes up in these Apple threads that all this device attestation and secure enclave stuff is unambi
by vore 3y ago
I know that HN is not one homogeneous opinion, but it always comes up in these Apple threads that all this device attestation and secure enclave stuff is unambiguously good because Apple does it, but when it comes to TPM key escrow or Web Environment Integrity suddenly everyone is up in arms about how it's a total violation of a user's freedoms to do what they want with their device.
You shouldn't defend something that's inherently consumer hostile just because it happens to be for something you like.
- ceejayoz 3y agoI'm OK with titrating skepticism on a proposal based on the motivations of the proposer. To Godwin a bit, I'd treat "we should make the trains to Auschwitz run more on time" differently depending on if it's being proposed by the German government in 1942 or the Polish government in 2023.
- llbeansandrice 3y agoIt can be both a security issue and something that doesn't optimize user freedom.