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The much maligned "Trusted Computing" idea requires that the party you are supposed to trust deserves to be trusted, and Google is DEFINITELY NOT worthy of being trusted, this is a naked power grab to destroy the open web for Google's ad profits no matter the consequences, this would put heavy surveillance in Google's hands, this would eliminate ad-blocking, this would break any and all accessibility features, this would obliterate any competing platform, this is very much opposed to what the web is.

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 year ago (8 children)

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago

Please drink verification can

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Or they just ban you without recourse and poof all your data and accounts are dead.

Edit: consider using Google Takeout to download your data periodically as a hedge against trouble with your account. This will help prevent data loss in the event your account suddenly goes poof. It won't help you with the apps you bought though.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't forget you also lose all the android apps you purchased. Oh wait, isn't there a community that helps you avoid that?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, can't run code not signed by an attester recognized by your hardware manufacturer.

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Can't enable bootlock, your device's attestation expired 1 months ago, please use an up to date device if you wish to use attestation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rip Linux, Android custom roms.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Kind of. Several apps already refuse to run without bootlock or on a rooted system if it wasn't for Magisk, this will make web apps to refuse running too.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for this. I skimmed the proposal doc itself and didn't quite understand the concern people have with it – most of the concerns that came to my own mind are already listed as non-goals. The first few lines of this comment express a realistic danger that's innate to what's actually being proposed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Being listed as a non-goal means nothing though. Who says it won't become a goal later on?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Glory to ~~Arstotzka~~ ... I mean Alphabet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Thank you for choosing Google!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm sorta sitting here in that same scenario. My iphone screen was severely broken last week, I don't use any other apple services. When I tried to get into it, my phone went into security lock mode. Coincidentally all of my 2FAs for my other accounts did their monthly checkin. No phone, no checkin so now I'm locked out of nearly all of my work accounts. Apple ID will renew in a few days, but I didn't think to take my broken phone with me on a trip, so my SIM with my phone number is now 1000s of miles away. So now I'm boned til I get home. 2FA works well until it works too well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Please write for black mirror!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I would just move on at step 3