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Re:How to talk to your parents about hardware memory safety ... by pjmlp on Thursday August 08, 2024 @01:17PM (#41193923)
Because they already have PAC, use their own Safe C dialect for iBoot, and have the long term roadmap to drag the hordes in their ecosystem into Swift.

I also expect them to eventually adopt ARM MTE was well.

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Re:How to talk to your parents about hardware memory safety ... by alberth on Thursday August 08, 2024 @01:22PM (#41193988)
Not being well versed in this area ... do you believe CHERI is providing any safety (or security) that macOS/iOS don't already have in place on Apple Silicon devices?
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Re:How to talk to your parents about hardware memory safety ... by pjmlp on Thursday August 08, 2024 @01:24PM (#41194027)
Yes, it does additional stuff, however it isn't under Apple's control, it is being researched at Microsoft's Cambridge labs, so Apple will most likely go their own ways with PAC and MTE.
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