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Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed
(httptoolkit.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2023
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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.
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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).