I’m supremely confident that attestation will arrive in one form or another in the near future.

Anonymous browsing and potentially-malicious bots look identical. This was sort of OK up until now.

Agreed, it seems inevitable. Unfortunately I think it will also result in further centralization & consolidation into a handful of "trusted" megacorps.

If you thought browser fingerprinting for ad tracking was creepy, just wait until they're using your actual fingerprint.

does indeed sound like we're headed right back to AOL. At least this time it'll be faster? Certainly won't be as charming.