[teekert]

Maybe they should just publish the spec, and then providers can offer ID as a service? I.e as a Proton user, Proton Pass currently supplies my ID everywhere, including for government services.

What makes Android and Apple devices special?

[seba_dos1]

Android and Apple devices let the remote server verify whether the local application and the system it runs on haven't been modified by the user and refuse providing services if they were. That's what makes them special, it's hard to imagine how a, say, generic installation of Debian could do that without severely restricting the user.

It's an ill-defined "security" measure that should be viciously opposed anywhere it shows up.