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> If anything, the new iMac pro has a Secure Enclave, which means we can soon expect in some number of years that most computers will as well. I don't know abo
by still_grokking 9y ago
> If anything, the new iMac pro has a Secure Enclave, which means we can soon expect in some number of years that most computers will as well.
I don't know about Macs but PCs have a Smart-Card like Chip called TPM build in for about 20 years by now.
One of the main functions a TPM offers is the secure storage of encryption keys.
I wonder such a feature comes only now to Macs with about two decades of a delay?
- lclarkmichalek 9y agoI mean, TPMs only started appearing in laptops in the mid 2000s, but whatever. Unlike the TPM on most non-Apple laptops I've bought recently, the OSX secure enclave does significantly impact the security of the system. I don't know why Apple decided to create their own instead of using the standard TPM, but they've done a pretty good job of using it, unlike most other hardware vendors.