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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by neilsimp1 on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @08:11AM (#40297106)
The entire software stack is non-free and closed-source. This means you'd be taking Apple at their word on "privacy". Do you trust Apple? I wouldn't, given their track record.
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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by madeofpalk on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @08:17AM (#40297154)
What track record?
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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by Gh0stRAT on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @08:22AM (#40297204)
They fought the FBI over unlocking iPhones when they could have just quietly complied with the request. I'd say they have a decent track record.
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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by MaxBarraclough on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @09:13AM (#40297744)
They might have been thinking of the recently discovered hardware backdoor issue, CVE-2023-38606 (see also Operation Triangulation). There was surprisingly little reporting on it.

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38783112

Transcript of Security Now podcast episode discussing the issue: https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-955.htm

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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by m463 on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @06:26PM (#40303357)
Just install little snitch and you'll see how MUCH gets sent back to the mothership. and that is just macos.
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