Reply to post: Re: Well you cannot make this secure

What code is running on Apple's Secure Enclave security chip? Now we have a decryption key...

Steve Todd

Re: Well you cannot make this secure

"There is a thing called Focussed Ion Beam microscope"

You expect them to attach 30+ wires somewhere in the middle of a billion+ transistor chip running at hundreds of megahertz, without effecting timings or state? You also expect the metal layers in the Enclave area to make that easy (there are typically 6 plus layers in a modern chip)

I think you overestimate the capabilities of these folks, especially given that YouTube video targeted a PIC32, which is fabbed on a 250 or 130nm process, more than an order of magnitude larger than the latest silicon processes.

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