Flawed M-series chips
I bought a new MacBook Air M3 three weeks sho. What recourse do I have? Can I return it for a full refund?
MacBook Air 15″, macOS 14.4
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I bought a new MacBook Air M3 three weeks sho. What recourse do I have? Can I return it for a full refund?
MacBook Air 15″, macOS 14.4
As usual, the press is overhyping the issue. Here's a much more level-headed article.
https://www.zetter-zeroday.com/apple-chips/
In short, nothing can happen unless the user installs software that can take advantage of the flaw. In other words, a Trojan. Nothing outside of the user allowing rogue software on their Mac can take advantage of the flaw.
Sometime back, there was a similar issue with Windows computers and certain Intel chips. Microsoft provided a software fix that blocked access to the flaw from within the OS. I would imagine Apple will come up with the same soft of fix.
Bluecatdj wrote:
I bought a new MacBook Air M3 three weeks sho. What recourse do I have? Can I return it for a full refund?
Exactly what is the issue for which you think you should get a refund?
Very true but the uninformed will take this and run with it, promoting FUD and disinformation.
Maybe now users will see that a lot of mis/dis information is spread on these forums by individuals who have no clue what they are talking about.
Thanks for the correct data, Servant of Cats!
Bluecatdj wrote:
“Researchers have discovered a new unpatchable security flaw that can break encryption on the best MacBooks if exploited by an attacker.
As reported by 9To5Mac, this recently discovered vulnerability affects every Mac running Apple silicon including the company’s M1, M2 and M3 chips. To make matters worse, the flaw is present in the architecture of these chips which means there’s no way for Apple to fix it outright”
So what’s your point?
Article says there is possibility an attacker can use Java script in web pages as well to exploit this vulnerability.
If its possible then its concerning to me. Any suggestions on preventing this kind of attack?
Kudos to those who discovered the flaw, but it probably is mostly a proof of concept flaw than any sort of potential risk in the real world. The same hype happened with the Intel and AMD Spectre Meltdown flaw that was similar. That never really amounted to all the hype either. As they say, if you look hard enough you can find flaws in any part of a computer system.
Which means you can’t download ableton, league of legends, steam, node.js, visual studio code, and many more apps created by users outside of the apple family filter.
basically computer is possible of endless attacks even if you download a driver.
But remember, only Apple gets attacked and questioned for stuff like this. <sarcasm>
Have they?
Hard to say since you haven't explained what you want me to clarify.
I was responding to this: "Microsoft provided a software fix that blocked access to the flaw from
within the OS. I would imagine Apple will come up with the same soft of
fix."
Have they?
Java is NOT compatible on Modern Mac (all silicon)! They need to make a Unreal or silicone version before you can complain!
Flawed M-series chips