TarteTatin

Lilith Wittman's mission - as she declares in German and English - is 'disruption as a service'. The whole detective story is amusing to read (AirTags play only a small role there), but there is a lot of stuff in there to put in context. The BMI is of course in no way 'secretive'; and Germany has both internal and external intelligence services that have physical addresses (by the way in Berlin and Köln) as part of the BND (internal), and MAD (external). Both have campuses, addresses that are public (and I am sure, lots that aren't). The 'story' here is just that this Bundesservice Telekom is under the BMI rather than an outright BND institution which is.... interesting I guess?

I have a problem with the whole outset and mission of Lilith - making a bigger story out of something to - and I quote here: "Abolish the agency for protecting the constitution. Abolish all secret services".  She lost me there - this whole thing is a means to an end for her, not 'journalism'.

AF_Hitt said:

TarteTatin said:

That seems odd. While the argument that a compatible PD profile is needed, Apple themselves state in writing that iPhone 12 is "Fast-charge capable: Up to 50% charge in around 30 minutes11 with 20W adapter or higher (sold separately)".

The 'or higher' would indicate the their 30W, 61W or 96W would be just as capable. Has AI reached out to AAPL for comment?

In Apple terms, Fast-charge and MagSafe are two completely different things. Fast-charge is using a USB-C to Lightning cable plugged directly into the phone using an Apple 20W adapter or any USB-C adapter that shipped with a MacBook. MagSafe, using the Apple-branded 20W USB-C adapter, will reach 15W, but this is slower than the maximum wattage when plugging a Lightning cable directly into the phone. It also generates more heat, which then kicks in the throttling, thus making the device not reach 15W charging at all times, only at peak, perfect temperature conditions.

Got it - and thanks.
I still don't understand why higher chargers - particularly those by Apple - would not be able to emulate the 20W charger 15W capabilities for Magsafe charging (under 'ideal' conditions).
That really would mean the 20W charger is 'special' in it's PD profile over even other, current Apple blocks?

DAalseth said:

I find it amazing that a super secret federal intelligence agency could be outed by such a simple method. As Viclauyyc said what if a bad guy sent a bomb to the same address. That they didn't have some sort of off site sorting and mail inspection arrangement is amazingly amateurish. Do you think mail sent to the President of the United States goes anywhere near the White House before it's been opened, read, scanned, inspected, tested, and approved? Yet she just sent a letter with a live transmitter in it and it made it all the way through without setting off any alarm. 

viclauyyc said:

Sometimes, it makes you wonder which side these people are in.

Of course, not all secret agencies are good. But what point she can proof other than it is a secret agency. Did they do evil stuff? Or they are hunting down Isis cell in Germany? She do t even know. What if some bad guy send a pipe bomb to the address like she did and kill a few.

What can she accomplished by doing this?

What did she accomplish? I think this agency is going to overhaul its security. It'll be a lot tighter from now on. She is a whistleblower and deserves to be rewarded for doing so. She brought this huge vulnerability to their attention before the Bad Guys thought of it.

None of these institutions or the addresses that the AirTag appeared at are secretive. The only thing she 'uncovered' is that there is an agency previously unknown (and still is in terms of what it does) that is within the BMI. The places the AirTag appeared you can go by, literally. And you can send there too. There is nothing 'whistleblowing' about this - she is looking to 'abolish all intelligence services' and "disrupt". She has an agenda that isn't journalism