lautan@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoApple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticedhttptoolkit.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1329arrow-down115cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.mltechnews@radiation.party
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minus-square_number8_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agois there any positive use case for it for the user at all?
minus-squareHello Hotel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoNo, its an alternate evil scheme to uniquely identify users and not bots. Replacing the phone number.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 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).
minus-squareSirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 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.
minus-squareSirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBased on the spec. The token is simply a signature that can be checked at the issuing party (Apple for this news item).
is there any positive use case for it for the user at all?
No, its an alternate evil scheme to uniquely identify users and not bots. Replacing the phone number.
For 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).
^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.
Based on what?
Based on the spec. The token is simply a signature that can be checked at the issuing party (Apple for this news item).