May 26, 2021
M1RACLES: M1ssing Register Access Controls Leak EL0 State — The first hardware vulnerability of Apple Silicon: a system register can be accessed directly from EL0. Two processes can cooperatively exchange data using this register. However, this is more of a curiosity. You shouldn't worry. (via)
#apple #hardware #security
May 19, 2021
Using AirTags to detect stationary iPhones · Łukasz's website! — We're moving towards a world where we will need to constantly "scan" for listening or tracking devices in our surroundings. Is this the future we wanted? Worth a thought. (via)
#privacy #apple
Feb 23, 2021
A retrospective look at Mac OS X Snow Leopard — "Well, if you dislike the current Big Sur UI and Mac experience, what’s an example of Mac OS UI and experience you DO like?". Great review on how macOS interface design is going further down the drain with every release. (via)
#apple #design
Jan 23, 2021
How We Ported Linux to the M1 — Very accessible technical writeup on the particularities of M1 macs and how the work started by porting the kernel to the A10 processor early last year. (via)
#linux #apple
Jan 6, 2021
Asahi: Linux on Apple Silicon — Great initiative to port Linux to Apple Silicon Macs. Let's hope it has a bright future. (via)
#apple #linux
Nov 16, 2020
Safely open apps on your Mac - Apple Support — In 2021, Apple will encrypt OCSP traffic and introduce a way to opt-out of these checks. This is the right thing to do. (via)
#apple #privacy
Nov 15, 2020
Bypassing Firewalls in macOS Big Sur — The more I read about this feature the more I'm convinced that Apple slipped big on its design. Just imagine if this had happened to Microsoft instead. Apple deserves more flak for it. (via)
#apple #privacy
Nov 14, 2020
macOS unable to open any non-Apple application — The more I think about this, the worse it seems to me. I'd rather Apple ran everything sandboxed by default, with an option to disable it, than having libc phone home. (via)
#apple #privacy
Oct 12, 2020
Self-Hosting Part 5: Finale — Good series of articles, extensive and functional, on how to self-host as an alternative to using iCloud. Same route I'm taking.
#privacy #apple
Oct 10, 2020
Apple Tells Secure Messaging App Telegram to Take Down Protestor Channels in Belarus — Couldn't find a better source, so take this with a grain of salt. If true, this is a scandalous overreach of Apple's power. Policing user-generated content is not acceptable. (via)
#privacy #apple