Hardware and privacy security

Rick Mark-Penwell

Security, privacy and AI engineer and hardware security researcher. I've worked on Apple platforms since 2007, and I'm best known for research into Apple's T2 security chip with Team t8012.

Previously at Meta, Coinbase, Dropbox, Uber ATG, Jet.com, Bloomberg and Microsoft. I maintain apple-knowledge for Hack Different, and I build Garage, a private, local RAG and MCP server for the Mac. More about me →

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