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Memory Integrity Enforcement

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461 points circuit | 1 comments | 09 Sep 25 18:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.466s | source
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gjsman-1000 ◴[09 Sep 25 19:16 UTC] No.45187272[source]▶
I think hackers are not ready for the idea that unhackable hardware might actually be here. Hardware that will never have an exploit found someday, never be jailbroken, never have piracy, outside of maybe nation-state attacks.

Xbox One, 2012? Never hacked.

Nintendo Switch 2, 2025? According to reverse engineers... flawlessly secure microkernel and secure monitor built over the Switch 1 generation. Meanwhile NVIDIA's boot code is formally verified this time, written in the same language (ADA SPARK) used for nuclear reactors and airplanes, on a custom RISC-V chip.

iPhone? iOS 17 and 18 have never been jailbroken; now we introduce MIE.

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1. ls612 ◴[09 Sep 25 20:29 UTC] No.45188444[source]▶
As the ability to make remote controlled hardware unhackable increases the power asymmetry between those who can create such hardware and the masses who cannot will drastically increase. I leave it as an exercise for the audience as to what the equilibrium implications are for the common man, especially in western countries where the prior equilibrium was quite different.