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Even taking your (really flawed) comparison, there's a huge difference. With TLS the servers (the ones being attested) can trivially avoid tls if they so want - web browsers still support http, after all.

In WEI, the users (the ones being attested) _cannot_ avoid WEI. If a website decides to not allow an unattested user, they can simply decide to refuse access.




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