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I think it's a pity that the Touch Bar was not designed with a dedicated area that can only be rendered by the T1 processor directly. If that were the case, the
by ttul 10y ago
I think it's a pity that the Touch Bar was not designed with a dedicated area that can only be rendered by the T1 processor directly. If that were the case, then network services could communicate directly with the user via the Touch Bar, authenticating themselves with cryptography that cannot be broken by anything running on the main system processor.
This would have provided a truly trusted mechanism for apps to communicate with the user. For instance, your bank could authenticate itself with you via the Touch Bar.. If the Touch Bar display is controlled from the host OS, then malware could pretend to be your bank, on the Touch Bar.
- walterbell 10y agoApple's demo showed payee name being rendered on the right side of the Touch Bar, https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Gallery_TouchPay-1-1024x768.jpg https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Gallery_Tou... Ars claims that the rightmost 608 pixels ("Control Strip") of the Touch Bar are reserved for Apple, http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/10/15-hours-with-the-13-macbook-pro-and-how-apples-t1-bridges-arm-and-intel http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/10/15-hours-with-the-13-ma...
- marklyon 10y agoBut that would complicate using it as a screen for displaying ads.
- visarga 10y agoAdBlock problem solved! Just get everyone to use keyboards that have dedicated ad screens embedded inside.