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Re:“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for WhatsAp... by bdfgrssd on Friday August 06, 2021 @07:53PM (#28094194)
With the exception of Keychain and Biometric auth, everything you mentioned ultimately benefits the party that controls the trust root on the device (apple) significantly more than the user of the device.

At least with the right Android device I can flash my own keys to the trust root.

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Re:“People have asked if we'll adopt this system for WhatsAp... by dcow on Friday August 06, 2021 @08:17PM (#28094365)
Sure but it also is good security. I too would prefer Apple to let me flash my own trust root. Doesn't mean the tech isn’t valid and security/privacy centric just because Apple uses it to lock their platform down.
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