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Vikram Sekar's avatar

Dumb question: isn't avoiding physical side-channel attacks as simple as putting the edge AI device inside a radiation enclosure? Like one of those wallets that protect your credit card?

Guess that wouldn't make a very good phone case, but would work on a Jetson?

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zach's avatar

If you want the edge device to be deployed in a truly untrusted environment for an extended period of time, you have to consider the threat model of an attacker physically remove the enclosure.

But a good enclosure is fairly good at stopping the so-called "evil maid" attacks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_maid_attack

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Vikram Sekar's avatar

True, that is a concern. Evil maid attack - ha! such a great name for what it is.

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Carly Taylor's avatar

Great article thanks for sharing!

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