Apple iPhone 17 and iPhone Air - A19 Chips and Spyware-Resistant Memory Safety
Apple has just raised the security stakes with its latest iPhone 17 and iPhone Air , both powered by the new A19 chips. These aren’t just faster processors; they come with a feature called Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) that’s designed to make spyware attacks far harder to pull off. In plain terms, Apple has re-engineered how memory is managed, and the result is a system that’s much tougher to exploit without sacrificing performance. What’s New with Memory Integrity Enforcement? Apple claims MIE is “the most significant upgrade to memory safety in the history of consumer operating systems.” That’s not just marketing hype—it’s a big deal. Here’s why: Always-on protection - MIE is enabled by default across the kernel and more than 70 user-level processes. Advanced tech under the hood - It uses Enhanced Memory Tagging Extension (EMTE), secure typed allocators, and Tag Confidentiality Enforcement to block side-channel tricks like TikTag. Near-zero performance hit - Unlike many security...