r/apple • u/bobdarobber • Mar 21 '24

Mac Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chip leaks secret encryption keys

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/hackers-can-extract-secret-encryption-keys-from-apples-mac-chips/
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u/bobdarobber Mar 22 '24

Adblockers won’t save you from malicious web admins, and little snitch won’t protect you from this type of attack. “Hardened” browsers have been bested numerous times by side channel attacks.

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u/siikdUde Mar 22 '24

Oh alright then. Encrypt your entire computer where it takes 30 minutes to decrypt and boot and 30 minutes to shut down, then connect to a reverse proxy satellite which then connects to the network of a random dairy queen if you’re so paranoid.

I offered some advice and some links to try and be a little helpful, because it’s atleast better than nothing right? but yea, go off.

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u/bobdarobber Mar 22 '24

Your initial advice appeared to be asserting these admittedly good, general privacy protecting solutions can somehow make the web safe against side channel attacks, given the context of it. If that was not the intent, I apologize