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FIRST HANDSET WITH (MEMORY TAGGING EXTENSIONS) MTE ON THE MARKET

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The Pixel 8/8 Pro are the first phones to enable ARM's MTE, a security feature that detects memory corruption at first occurrence. It's only available on Pixel as a developer option but can be configured for all apps. This article describes how to enable it on Android phones.