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Apple's Lightning Cable Contains TI Chip 'Likely' to Have Security Features
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Never has so much nonsense been put forwards. CRC is not a security feature, it's not a form of authentication and couldn't be used as such. Put quite simply it's a method of spotting errors in transmission.
I've seen nothing anywhere that suggests any good cause to say that there is any form of authentication or security built into the cable. It would appear that the FUD-mungers are having their day once more.
I've seen nothing anywhere that suggests any good cause to say that there is any form of authentication or security built into the cable. It would appear that the FUD-mungers are having their day once more.
The same thing happened to my sister with her 4s, she got cheap knock off wall adapters and they showed charging but the % never went up on either of our phones. Must be your car?
Nobody has made a cable with security features. CRC is not a security feature it's a data integrity feature.
Or any new iPhone, iPad, or iPod from this day forward?
I remember being skeptical when printers moved from LPT1 to USB. Things worked out.
Absolutely correct. If other companies can make crappy cables, then they might damage Apple's phones, and people will blame Apple, tie up the phone lines at Apple Care, and cost Apple money looking for warranty replacements.
Even if that doesn't happen, they will siphon money away from Apple's accessory sales.
Apple will, with their revolutionary chipped cables, be able to provide the best user experience in the world, all the while receiving the profits which are their just due. These crap cable makers should be sued if they try to make cables that fit Apple products.
A month ago I would have felt the same way. My thoughts were that as long as they were available in a reasonable amount of time, what the heck. But as it stands now I likely won't have one until November, nearly two months after I received the iPhone. Not cool.
I guess the next logical step for 
would be to replace all usb ports on their Mac's with lightning ports so that we would need to buy adapters for all of our usb devices too. Just imagine how much thinner they could make our MBP's, MBA's and iMacs with this kind of innovation! 
would be to replace all usb ports on their Mac's with lightning ports so that we would need to buy adapters for all of our usb devices too. Just imagine how much thinner they could make our MBP's, MBA's and iMacs with this kind of innovation! So from this we can deduce that there is no security feature here at all, only CRC checks for data integrity and a chip which can store identification information about the type of connector or peripheral (needed so the phone can decide how to configure its pins). This is just going to take a little time for manufacturers to get used to before cables etc. start to come out. It's just a bit more complex than a straight wires only cable so is going to take some time for 3rd party stuff to come out and at first it is going to be more expensive. In a years time it will be common place and the price will have come right down.
I guess the next logical step for
Wouldn't be a bad idea for lower data rate devices. TB is expensive and this would make the cables for things like Ethernet a lot cheaper. Not saying they should ditch all the USB ports but replacing one or two may not be a bad idea.
Didn't apple require licensing to make the old dock connector as well?
I am not seeing this as something new, from what I understood you were required to be part of the MFI program to legally make cables or dock connector devices in the past too. That said, I may not understand the MFI program, or patent (or otherwise) protection on the old 30 pin port.
I am not seeing this as something new, from what I understood you were required to be part of the MFI program to legally make cables or dock connector devices in the past too. That said, I may not understand the MFI program, or patent (or otherwise) protection on the old 30 pin port.
What time of day did you see an "entire wall" of them?
My local Apple store has about 20 pegs full of them every morning. They are all gone by evening. I happened to be close to the store before noon, so I popped inside and bought a couple last week. I spent about 15 minutes looking at the new iPods, and about a dozen lightning cables left the store during that time.
Dadeland was around lunch time on a Wednesday; I went there to pick up an extra lightning cable as I felt weird only having one.
Lincoln Road was at 11AM on a Saturday. I happened to be biking around Miami Beach and figured I'd drop by to see if they had any 30 pin to lightning adapters. Nope, but plenty of USB to lightnings.
Thanks for being informed and reasonable... a quality that seems to be lacking these days.
This isn't a conspiracy. CRC is not an anticompetitive 'security feature'. It only makes sense that a cable capable of CHANGING IT'S USE have basic CRC abilities. Think about it... with this ability, your cable could have the ability to automatically detect issues (cable is crimped, twisted, etc) and possibly find another better data wire to use, or it could reduce the speed of transmission on the data wire to compensate for interference. It could even tell your computer about the issue so that you were informed.
There were PLENTY of unlicensed accessories for the 30 pin. You could get many of them on Deal Extreme.
One of my favorites as a cable that has a dock connector on one end, and a usb plug and audio plug on the other. Plug one connector into the phone and get charging, data and audio all at once. It was great in the car. (picture attached)
This cable didn't seem to be licensed. It came in a plain plastic bag, had no brand name, nor the "Made for iPhone" logo that companies slap on officially licensed stuff.
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Either that's sarcasm.. or congratulations, you've won biggest iDouche of the day award. To claim your prize, please climb up a tall building then jump off.
Either that's sarcasm.. or congratulations, you've won biggest iDouche of the day award. To claim your prize, please climb up a tall building then jump off.
Wow, people still believe this?
For the record, Apple was cash rich when the 'investment' occurred (check it out).
Curiously, Microsoft made other large payments as well during the same time frame (check the filings)
Even more curious, was that during the same time frame the long standing lawsuit between Apple and Microsoft over windows, shortcuts, and mouse operations was settled.
But keep on believing that Microsoft 'Bailed out' Apple
>>In other words, at this time the security is just enough.
Anyone else remember the "bozo bit"???
Anyone else remember the "bozo bit"???