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one could imagine a scenario like a bank website refusing to be accessed unless the entire OS & browser stack pass attestation - as that would rule out things like keyloggers, malicious browser extensions, and session hijacking.

The important part is that "malicious" isn't up to you to decide anymore; if you have any "unapproved" software that acts in your interests and not others', this could theoretically be used to lock you out too.



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