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The camera isn't a vector of attack, it's a thing to be attacked. The camera right now on desktop computers is wildly insecure, giving authority of it over to a
by eridius 9y ago
The camera isn't a vector of attack, it's a thing to be attacked. The camera right now on desktop computers is wildly insecure, giving authority of it over to a secure enclave seems like a great way to finally start securing that path.
- gcr 9y agoOn the other hand, the ability to compromise the T2 chip would lend attackers the ability to use the camera outside of OS control and thus outside of user control. At least with OS updates, it's possible to patch potential security vulnerabilites. Of course it's much harder to patch silicon, as we're seeing now.
- willstrafach 9y agoYou misunderstand. It runs "bridgeOS" which can be updated with Apple-signed firmware updates, and most certainly will be for security updates.