Apple has one of the most forward looking kernel and hardware teams.
This is how Darkbloom works. It's a mixture of all the privacy features that Apple built. We pieced together all of it.
- Apple Push Notification: Used for binary integrity verification. Macs enforce push notifications to only be received by DB signed binary.
- MDM/MDA: Initially built for corporate laptops, we reused it for verifications if the user has turned off secure boot. Secure boot enforces all the privacy features from Apple. If yes, they're not part of the network.
- Secure Enclave: Key governed by the app, used for signing inputs and outputs. Also, used for encryption keys.
- PT_DENY_ATTACH etc: Used for memory isolation.
Finally, an amazing ML optimized inference engine and hardware: MLX (which we actively contribute to, in our fork)
My 2026 wish is to meet John Ternus!!
