HACKER Q&A
📣 amichail

Will you upgrade to an m3 chip for its stronger security?


Only the m3 chip allows software to enable data-independent timing (DIT) for stronger security (but slower execution) during cryptographic operations:

https://www.zetter-zeroday.com/apple-chips/


  👤 gnabgib Accepted Answer ✓
Best wait for the M4+ which (hopefully) won't have the DMP bug[0](241 pts, 65 comments)

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39779195