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>>sschue+(OP)
This is hardware attestation in a nutshell: a double edged sword, and a sharp one at that.

The biggest issue is that the attestation hardware and the application client is the same device with the same manufacturer, who also happens to have a slight conflict of interest between monetizing customers and preserving any sort of privacy.

IMHO the pro-attestation forces are so overwhelming that we should all cherish the moment while we have anything open left.

>>baq+ac
My understanding of the "double edged sword" idiom is that the tool has both downsides and upsides. What are the upsides to restricting what I can do with the hardware I paid for?

>>mzajc+dn1
Revenue for the device manufacturer for licensing sales in their walled garden "store".

Since Apple and Google are public companies I guess we should all buy stock and reap the financial rewards of destroying computing freedom. >sigh<