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While this is true, I am also put off by the increased attack surface of a proprietary embedded OS (watchOS) running in the touchbar, outside the control of the
by robert_tweed 7y ago
While this is true, I am also put off by the increased attack surface of a proprietary embedded OS (watchOS) running in the touchbar, outside the control of the main OS and by extension, not under my control either.
Given how much everyone around here hates similar things like UEFI and the Intel IME (with good reason), I'm surprised this one seems to slip under the radar. Probably because everyone is much more incensed about losing necessary physical keys. Classic misdirection.
- scarface74 7y agoThe T1 chip also serves as an authentication chip, a disk controller, and can be used for video encoding/decoding.
- robert_tweed 7y agoThat's kinda the problem. It's a secure enclave (potentially a good thing) but a far too complex one with too many responsibilities and capabilities. I am of the opinion that the secure enclave for fingerprint reading should be something that updates ideally never, and requires a hardware jumper to be set if one is absolutely necessary. Ideally I'd like the firmware to be open source too. Those are two related but different issues though.
- scarface74 7y agoIt’s not like the chip isn’t based on years of work. It based on the same technology and design that’s been in iPhones since 2013.