Posted by twapi 1 day ago
> Apple’s attestation servers will only generate the FreshnessCode for a genuine device that checks in via APNs. A software-only adversary cannot forge the MDA certificate chain (Assumption 3). Com- bined with SIP enforcement (preventing binary replace- ment) and Secure Boot (preventing bootloader tampering), this provides strong evidence that the signing key resides in genuine Apple hardware.
NVidia data center GPUs have a similar path, but not their consumer ones. Not sure about the NVidia Spark.
It's possible AMD Strix Halo can do this, but unlikely for any other PC based GPU environments.
Macbook Air M2 8GB 12h/day -> $647/month
Mac Mini M4 32GB 12h/day -> $290/month
I mean, I'd be happy to buy a few used M2 Airs with minimal specs and start printing money but…