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The Secure Enclave is a security coprocessor included with almost every Apple device to provide an extra layer of security. All data stored on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and other Apple devices is encrypted with random private keys, which are only accessible by the Secure Enclave. These keys are unique to your device and they're never synchronized with iCloud.
[...] It's important to note that although the Secure Enclave chip is built into the device, it works completely separately from the rest of the system. This ensures that apps won't have access to your private keys, since they can only send requests to decrypt specific data such as your fingerprint to unlock an app through the Secure Enclave.
[...] Now, Chinese hackers from the Pangu Team have reportedly found an "unpatchable" exploit on Apple's Secure Enclave chip that could lead to breaking the encryption of private security keys.
[...] The only thing we know so far is that this vulnerability in Secure Enclave affects all Apple chips between the A7 and A11 Bionic [...] Apple has already fixed this security breach with the A12 and A13 Bionic chips
(Score: 2) by looorg on Sunday August 02 2020, @08:49PM (3 children)
Probably not, while the fanbois might not be caught dead with anything but the latest those are probably not the majority segment of the market where phones, and other devices, are around for a lot longer then two years. If this cant, or wont, be fixed it will probably be good for at least a few more years -- perhaps even in the 5-10 year range.
The A7 was discontinued in 2017, the A9 in 2018 but there are loads of them still around. A8, A10 (current ipads) and A11 (iphone x) are not even discontinued as of yet.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2020, @09:24PM (2 children)
Who cares what happens to Apple fashionistas... if they want security, they should be on Android.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2020, @09:39PM (1 child)
you're fucking kidding, right ?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2020, @10:18PM
A pox on both their houses.
Secure enclave bullshit is only DRM theatre mandated by film studios to get their cut of 4K streaming revenue and serves no actual benefit to the owner of a device.