Broadly similar to what Apple is trying with their private compute work.
It's a great idea but the trust chains are so complex they are hard to reason about.
In "simple" public key encryption reasonably technically literate people can reason about it ("not your key, not your X") but with private compute there are many layers, each of which works in a fairly complex way and AFAIK you always end up having to trust a root source of trust that certifies the trusted device.
It's good in the sense it is trust minimization, but it's hard to explain and the cynicism (see HN comments similar to "you can't trust it because big tech/gov interference etc) means I am sadly pessimistic about the uptake.
I wish it wasn't so though. The cynicism in particular I find disappointing.
Not GP, but to me it is also disappointing because it’s just the old “if seatbelts don’t prevent car accidents, why wear them?” argument.
On the one hand you have systems where anyone at any company in the value chain can inspect your data ad hoc , with no auditing or notification.
On the other hand, you have systems that prevent casual security / privacy violations but could still be subverted by a state actor or the company that has the root of trust.
Neither is perfect. But it’s cynical and nihilistic to profess to see no difference.
Risk reduction should be celebrated. Those who see no value in it come across as zealots.
It's a great idea but the trust chains are so complex they are hard to reason about.
In "simple" public key encryption reasonably technically literate people can reason about it ("not your key, not your X") but with private compute there are many layers, each of which works in a fairly complex way and AFAIK you always end up having to trust a root source of trust that certifies the trusted device.
It's good in the sense it is trust minimization, but it's hard to explain and the cynicism (see HN comments similar to "you can't trust it because big tech/gov interference etc) means I am sadly pessimistic about the uptake.
I wish it wasn't so though. The cynicism in particular I find disappointing.