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by alephnerd 750 days ago
Ah! I think our wires got crossed!

I wasn't referencing Apple's Secure Enclave - I'm just using the new buzzword for "trusted computing"/trusted execution. Such at this thesis from Cal a couple years ago [0]

> However, FPGAs can be way more secure than any kind of ASICs

I agree with you! The issue is usability (and I guess it depends use case to use case). We gotta navigate a happy path between security and usability. Otherwise users will try to undermine security features.

This is an interesting convo tho. I'm going to favorite this for some thinking later.

> Why resort down to ad personam (the last two paragraphs)? These are not insults, but not valid arguments, either

That wasn't meant to be an ad personam, and if it was I apologize. It's literally was advice I'd give anyone who's worried.

[0] - https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2021/EECS-2021-...

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Ah, okay. You're welcome. I've seen also a similar paper called "Citadel" on arxiv.