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I’m not sure I understand the article’s point about Apple’s now-discontinued AirPort routers. Do they even support WPA3? If not, then why would Apple need to patch vulnerabilities?

The real issue is the tragedy that we have a brand new, should-be-more-secure protocol and they’re already finding holes in it. Seriously?

So... this is a device that exploits potential weaknesses in the Mac. I thought this was going to say that it exploited the Lightning interface to break into an iOS device, but that’s not the case here. This is nothing specifically related to it being a Lightning cable, other than it’s familiar to people living in the Mac/iPhone world.

There are lots of USB devices that are purpose-built to attack Mac or Windows host computers. Most allow attackers to pre-set payloads that deploy when they’re plugged in.

The real novelties here are that a) It’s packaged to look like a regular cable (Lightning or otherwise), and b) It’s controllable via wifi by a nearby attacker. Leave one of these laying in a public hotspot area and you could be sitting across the room calling the shots - assuming they don’t just throw it in their bag and walk away.

I’d just be happy if their self-check would stop giving me instructions on putting the item in the bagging area for every single damn thing I scan. It’s as if the system thinks I haven’t been in a grocery store at any point in the last 15 years.

If the second Face ID setup is stored as a completely independent set of data - like they do with multiple fingerprints - then this really doesn’t decrease the security very much at all. If, however, the second face is somehow merged with the first one to come up with a “facial average” composite, then I’d imagine this could in fact lessen the security of the system. A third option would be to use the two faces to come up with a common set of features to focus on, overlooking the differences between them.

I don’t see that second scenario as likely, and I don’t think the third would work at all for allowing my wife to unlock my phone.

Before we get too terribly excited here, I think more research is needed to understand how this actually works. In any case, let’s remember this is an unannounced feature, so it may change radically - or disappear completely - by the time they get to full release.

Unlike some other posters, I’m happy about this. I own several security camera products - Nest, Canary, Blink, other (older) ones - and Blink is my favorite. Inexpensive cameras, completely wireless with great battery life, and zero service fee for most users.

That last part has always worried me: Long term, how were they going to support their business? Now I’m thinking that with Amazon behind them they’re going to be around for a long time. This might become just another one of the things I get bundled into my Prime membership.

I’m also hoping for better integration with the Alexa service. Being able to tell my Echo Show “Alexa, let me see the Front Door camera” would be really useful. Not an Alexa or Amazon fan? Well then I guess this won’t appeal to you.

By the way, I don’t see this as so much of a Kickstarter issue as it is an Internet-of-Things issue. We are always at the mercy of the makers/service providers, and I’ve already had several products become useless because the company desupported them, changed their terms of service, or folded completely.

In this case I see this a positive move that may provide long-term security and improve a product I’m already quite happy with. I hope I’m not wrong about that!