Readit NewsNobody is going to be switching their ARM-based chip provider from TSMC or anyone else (with whom they've only just built up enough trust) to even thinking of changing.
Without a track record of delivery, intel is just there to be used in leverage with price negotiations with TSMC.
I hope they don’t can it.
Remember back in June when Facebook/meta got caught tracking users trough a webserver on Android phone thought Messenger and Instagram? Same thing.
See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44169115 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44175940
This is a common pattern for connecting to smart cards / hardware security devices. Probably a service or hardware that’s run on official CBP machines that should be disabled for prod, but forgot.
One popular router maker offers a ‘magic URL’ (domain name) that scans your network for the gateway management page, and redirects. It’s not necessary, but it certainly helps novice users. Having worked in IT support,
I’ve also purchased hardware devices that have a web management UI; which connects directly instead of proxying through a cloud.
Ultimately this is probably one thing that should be behind a permission request (like webcam access), but it’s not a feature without value.
Does anyone know of plans to resolve this? Will FDroid update their servers? Are google looking into rolling back the requirement? (this last one sounds unlikely)
The first makes such attacks widely known events, browsers report by default, and it s provable. It’s very rare.
The second allows apps to only trust specific certs or CAs, ignoring system root of trust.
I just want to clarify HTTPS in practice is quite secure.
Part of Intel’s problem is their ‘P Core’ team absolutely sucked for a decade.