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Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed (httptoolkit.com)
submitted 2 years ago by dantheclamman to c/technology
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[–] abhibeckert 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Apple sold this feature as an alternative to captchas.

In order to sign up for Lemmy, I had to pass a captcha check to prove I'm human. Now that bots can trivially be better than any human at captchas we have to find something else. Is attestation a good option? We can debate that, but it's definitely on the table. And I expect Firefox will implement it (even if only via a plugin) if it becomes widely adopted.