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by rficcaglia 2456 days ago
Typically the os would only have access to the encrypted pin, then use special secure enclave instructions to compute inside the enclave (basically special encrypted memory inside the processor). Ie the plaintext pin would never leave the enclave, even when the os kernel is compromised

If you had the chip in a lab you could do sidechannel physical attacks with lasers and liquid nitrogen, etc

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I think oh_sigh means capturing it when it is entered?
> If you had the chip in a lab you could do sidechannel physical attacks with lasers and liquid nitrogen

Wow, what do you do for a living if I might ask?