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I'm going to guess that Apple made some decisions here to trade off security for usability so the Magic Keyboard can "work like magic" regardless of what stage
by diebeforei485 3y ago
I'm going to guess that Apple made some decisions here to trade off security for usability so the Magic Keyboard can "work like magic" regardless of what stage of the boot cycle, recovery mode, etc the computer is in, and this vulnerability takes advantage of that.
Looks like this has just been fixed in iOS/macOS.
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- Terretta 3y agoIf your hypothesis is correct, that Apple traded security for usability, then if the security is fixed the keyboard must be less usable, right? Or, if no usability is lost, then maybe the hypothesis isn't correct.
- diebeforei485 3y agoI have no idea if usability with bluetooth keyboards is affected in different boot states. It certainly isn't affected during normal use, but I don't know about the various recovery modes. Considering the amount of time they took to release this, I assume they figured out a way to get it to work in those various cases after a lot of engineering effort.