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Apple Exclaves and the Secure Design of the Neo's On-Screen Camera Indicator

13 pointsby JumpCrisscrosstoday at 7:38 PM2 commentsview on HN

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tkcrannytoday at 9:12 PM

> It runs in a privileged environment separate from the kernel and blits the light directly onto the screen hardware.

That explains how it can still be safe from even kernel-level exploits. Neat approach, and it works for the microphone light too.

mmmlinuxtoday at 8:19 PM

This is like trying to read text on the side of a match stick.

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