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> Apple's security team (which is surely world-class) Hahaha, do you read HN much? There are stories on here all the time of security holes in Apples products
by alt227 1y ago
> Apple's security team (which is surely world-class)
Hahaha, do you read HN much? There are stories on here all the time of security holes in Apples products which they refuse to fix.
Heres a recent example of their M series CPUs having similar exploits in them to SPECTRE and MELTDOWN in Intel CPUs. The difference is Intel fixed it and took the 20% performance hit. Apple refuses to fix it because it would make their processors slower.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/hackers-can-extract-secret-encryption-keys-from-apples-mac-chips/ https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/hackers-can-extract...
- phendrenad2 1y agoWhat about deciding not to "fix" an issue that is extremely hard to exploit in practice (especially on consumer-grade machines) negates my assertion that their engineers are "world-class"?
- phendrenad2 1y agoSure, just downvote me. Those who can't think for themselves, downvote.
- alt227 1y agoDoesnt matter about the skill of the engineers. If the boss is telling them not to fix security holes to protect performance, the apple core is rotten.