Comment by SXX
6 days ago
Just curious if it that insecure how does Magic Keyboard with Touch ID works? Does it use some apple proprietary "magic"?
6 days ago
Just curious if it that insecure how does Magic Keyboard with Touch ID works? Does it use some apple proprietary "magic"?
> "magic"
They're on an proprietary extension of Bluetooth, standard compatible but closed to their devices. They usually don't talk much about it, Phil Schiller was the most explicit I think (it was about the airpod's W1 but it's the same deal)
https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/7/12829190/apple-w1-chip-iph...
> Apple’s Phil Schiller described Apple’s move to a new wireless chip as “fixing the challenges” of wireless audio
The short answer is yes, it's proprietary shenanigans. Apple likes security for Apple peripherals connected to Apple iPhones, and they consciously undermine security of anything else.