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@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ They take care to reduce attack surface by disabling debug interfaces and signin
Apple also supports all the important hardware security features you'd want, like a [Secure Element](https://support.apple.com/guide/security/secure-enclave-sec59b0b31ff/1/web/1) for secure cryptography and secret storage, secure [biometric hardware](https://support.apple.com/guide/security/biometric-security-sec067eb0c9e/1/web/1) including 3D face scans for Face ID, hardware-backed [indicator lights](https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/Secure_Indicator_Light) for camera and microphone, [hardware kill switches](https://support.apple.com/guide/security/hardware-microphone-disconnect-secbbd20b00b/1/web/1) for the microphone on iPads, and [MTE](https://security.apple.com/blog/memory-integrity-enforcement) for their latest iPhones.
Processors that deal with networking are isolated via an [IOMMU](https://support.apple.com/guide/security/security-features-connecting-wireless-sec8a67fa93d/1/web/1#sec7e0184776) so that they can't access each other's memory.
Processors that handle networking are isolated via an [IOMMU](https://support.apple.com/guide/security/security-features-connecting-wireless-sec8a67fa93d/1/web/1#sec7e0184776) so that they can't access each other's memory.
Overall, Apple does an excellent job with hardware security. Most Android OEMs could stand to learn from them.