Apple’s Lightning cable and its little chip in the plug perhaps not so secure

0. phoneArena posted on 17 Oct 2012, 01:55

A little reverse engineering can answer a lot of questions. Shortly after the announcement of the new iPhone 5 and its new Lightning cable...

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1. sheik posted on 17 Oct 2012, 02:12 9 1

So....??

9. loli5 posted on 17 Oct 2012, 11:26 1 3

iphonearena.com plus there isn't much to talk about on the iphail5.

2. BattleBrat posted on 17 Oct 2012, 02:21 1 0

images for prosperity (?)

3. Mohtastic posted on 17 Oct 2012, 02:27 3 4

If its made by apple, they'll report it. "applearena"

4. Gawain posted on 17 Oct 2012, 02:42 1 0

I like the comparison of security to that of a printer cartrige. hahaha

5. dreeemer posted on 17 Oct 2012, 03:16 0 0

Images for "prosperity"; or POSTERITY?
Ur OBVIOUSLY an Apple user...lmao

6. dreeemer posted on 17 Oct 2012, 03:20 0 0

Since the obviously made the cable as a money grab; maybe it IS for "prosperity"...lol

7. dirtydirty00 posted on 17 Oct 2012, 07:33 0 0

slimeballs

8. Droid_X_Doug posted on 17 Oct 2012, 09:55 0 0

One additional item related to 'security' - the cable's mystery chip is not performing an encryption function. Other articles have mentioned a CRC function of the chip. CRC is used in serial data transfer as a means of ensuring no dropped/corrupted data packets.

10. ChiX017 posted on 18 Oct 2012, 22:15 0 0

Give them a break, it's still Phone news..

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