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Even if Apple requires MFi certification on their USB C cables, China will just crack the cryptography and clone them. They cracked the Lightning chip in like
by swamp40 4y ago
Even if Apple requires MFi certification on their USB C cables, China will just crack the cryptography and clone them.
They cracked the Lightning chip in like a week.
Then they will share the private key amongst all Chinese cable companies.
It's hard to keep a private key safe inside a small chip when there are billions of dollars in cable sales on the line.
- Kirby64 4y agoDepending on how the security is implemented, it can be done robustly enough that 'China' will not be able to subvert it. There is no need for some sort of 'master' private key that would allow re-sharing and duplication like you state.