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In the arms race of computational performance gains and big market splashes...security issues can pop their ugly head, something going all the way down to the hardware level...and when they happen, they can be brutal.

In this episode of Tricky Bits, Rob and PJ discuss a recent article and research on hacking into the M-series chips, using clever attacks to extract data that is, ideally, supposed to be kept secret.

What are the nitty gritty details of how this attack is successful?

How does company culture and processes affect approaches to hardware development?

And did we back ourselves into a corner by becoming less efficient programmers?

Link to article:
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/hackers-can-extract-secret-encryption-keys-from-apples-mac-chips/

Link to research:
https://gofetch.fail/