You're going to hear a lot of FUD about Apple's Secure Enclave being hacked. It wasn't.The curtain has been lifted on Apple's Secure Enclave Processor, but all anyone can see now is the vault behind it.
Apple's Secure Enclave locks down user data on iPhone and iPad, including the data for Touch ID. Recently, a hacker known as xerub posted a "decryption key" for the Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) firmware:
key is fully grown
https://t.co/MwN4kb9SQI use
https://t.co/I9fLo5Iglh to decrypt and
https://t.co/og6tiJHbCu to process— ~ (@xerub) August 16, 2017
That's led to a lot of miscommunication, misunderstanding, and misreporting about what exactly it means in terms of iPhone and iPad security. Here's the deal:
Imagine the Secure Enclave as a vault. Apple hung a big, dark curtain over it to prevent anyone from even seeing the vault. Now, that curtain has been opened and people can see the vault. The vault, however, is still locked as securely as ever. No one has broken into it and no one has even gotten any closer to breaking into it.
Technically speaking, Apple e...
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You're going to hear a lot of FUD about Apple's Secure Enclave being hacked. It wasn't.
