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I'm worried about collection of data. If attestation is useful, then why not just offer it as something to market for only those who need it, like parents who want to restrict for children? Just make a law that devices sold after 2026 cannot be given to kids under whatever age without attestation options. Even then, the device can have the option and not a requirement.
Edit: It's absolutely imperative that we protect our information. Private info will be abused in the future to suppress dissent. The only reason they don't do it more already is because then they would need to explain why human trafficking still exists and why drugs are still everywhere. They can't both admit to having the tech while simultaneously allowing crime that the tech can prevent. They are probably making money off that type of crime. Hope that explains how I was relating everything. These measure will be used to remove your voice.
What you propose falls into the same pitfall that I see a lot of people here mentioning. How would we enforce that?
From what I have read of this law there is no requirement for the OS to send the data to any source (ie. The government) other than the applications and app stores. There are even requirements that they not send the data elsewhere and nowhere else.
People always bring up "it's just a matter of time until the government starts trying to collect that data." But that is true every day so I don't really understand that argument. Besides many of us are on linux anyways where we will just say no.
We shouldn't have to answer anything. It should be an option only for parents to activate, and if they want to use it then THEY can pay for commercial systems or fund opensource stuff that does that rather than everyome opts out or submits an answer either way.
They can get childproof computers for their kids, and leave our's alone. People will just not stop making things worse.