And one of the threat models that police use in the US is tracking women suspected of going for abortions through the use of road cameras, and other surveillance methods.

Once you have the attestation in place you have no guarantee who is going to get access to data like what apps are present on your device, and there will be nothing you can do to stop it.

Meanwhile, we could educate people against common scams.

How is this not just trading one smaller bad for a bigger bad? Why is this touted as an improvement?