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by saagarjha 2085 days ago
They are well aware of the issue and have been for some time. There’s not all that much they can do to fix this, although they have certainly tried.
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btreecat 2085 days ago
> There’s not all that much they can do to fix this, although they have certainly tried.

Forgive my ignorance, why is there not much they can do and what have they tried?

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saagarjha 2084 days ago
Apple tried to use a side channel in their security coprocessor to detect if the device had booted out of DFU (which is part of how the exploit worked). This didn't work because people found a vulnerability in that processor itself.
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hoytschermerhrn 2085 days ago
My understanding is that because this is a hardware-based issue, there’s no way to release a software patch to fix it.
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