Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support
by ngl999 on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:39AM
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Just curious, how relevant is MTE when considered a security feature? IIRC, last time i checked there were reports about extracting tag values so as maybe the access control can be bypassed.
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Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support
by tranq_cassowary on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:29PM
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MTE is very important because its a measure against an entire, very important class of vulnerabilities, memory safety vulnerabilities.
Generations of MTE improve over time. The implementation of MTE used on a Pixel 8 for example has certain side channels which arent present in the MTE used on an iPhone 17. That being said, it being imperfect doesn't make it irrelevant.