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Hence why GP said "after a fuse is blown". The implication is some sort of irreversible, hardware-based mechanism that would disable the security measures while
by spijdar 6y ago
Hence why GP said "after a fuse is blown". The implication is some sort of irreversible, hardware-based mechanism that would disable the security measures while making it abundantly clear that it had done so, so someone would know if the device had been tampered with.
- colejohnson66 6y agoTo be fair, what’s stopping someone from blowing the fuse and putting on some “fake” (patched) software claiming it’s not blown? (Asking hypothetically here; I doubt anyone would, but it would be a “valid” concern for Apple)
- spijdar 6y agoMost hardware vendors that implement this sort of functionality add prominent warnings to the lowest level boot screens notifying the user the device is "unlocked" or in "dev mode" or some such. The idea is that the absolute lowest levels of firmware remain signed and controlled, while giving the option of loading unsigned code on top. So in theory, you get the best of both worlds. I don't think there's anything really stopping Apple from doing this, but as many others have said, it's not really their jam ;)
- colejohnson66 6y agoI can easily see someone claiming that Apple keeping anything signed and controlled isn’t going far enough. Is there any data on how many people believe it should be “all the way”?