Apple's T2 chip will prevent hackers from eavesdropping on your microphone

Re:Apple's T2 chip will prevent hackers from eavesdropping o... by sschueller on Sunday November 04, 2018 @05:27PM (#18378395)

Because a physical switch would actually provide security. /s

Any bug or future exploit negates this feature.

I have the feeling this was just done because it was possible and then the marketing team found out about it and decided to make a big deal out of it.

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Re:Apple's T2 chip will prevent hackers from eavesdropping o... by threeseed on Sunday November 04, 2018 @05:34PM (#18378417)

So someone from Apple engineering built the T2 chip on a whim, never communicated it to senior management and then marketing accidentally stumbled upon it and then decided to suddenly promote it.

Words don't describe how delusional this is.

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