normang

Apple should assist them in finding a better job by closing these locations...  

As noted, this exploit requires a set of conditions that would be hard to find. maybe impossible.  Actually being in range of someone with a open share sheet, how would the hacker know it was open, how long is the setup time, how long does the share sheet need to be open to he hacked and the most they might get is a sole contact name or email address..   give me break, this doesn't even rate IMHO as a problem because virtually impossible to catch someone in those conditions.

Even the ARS article goes off the deep tech end you really think some self respecting hacker is going sit around and monitor for the this to happen top get a name and email address maybe?  Plus Airdrop needs to be on and they already need in some cases to know who the hacker is  (ie a valid contact on their device) for it work.  Eventually Apple might fix this if someone actually gets hacked this way in reality and knew about it to care.

With all thats going on right now, one would think Apple would try and be a little more sensitive to economic conditions, they sure are about closing stores for a covid case at the drop of a hat.  To release a set of headphones that may be close to, or are the most expensive ever seems a little short sited.  Assuming at least a 50% markup if not more, I think Apple could have easily priced these more reasonably.   Same for the ridiculous pricing on the Magsafe charger... 

Sound is so speculative, no one's ears or hearing is the same, one mans wow is another's crummy...  Doesn't seem to make sense at all to toss half grand Plus for headphones..