![]() And that’s what made Lightning cables superior, truth be told. Given that the data-transfer issue is almost completely solved by WiFi, it's hard to find much to complain about when it all comes in at under a dollar. Only now, seven years later, does USB-C dominate the consumer electronics landscape. It's 108 yen (after tax) and unlike the degree of risk associated with auction site listings from Chinese manufacturers (which have even cheaper cables), Japan's Daiso is a reliable enough retailer. What about those drawbacks? I don't care. Yes, I've plugged it in the wrong way, but it was very easy to tell when I did it - it lacks the satisfying clunk of the correct orientation. On the phone-connecting end, you'll find "upside" printed on it, to avoid accidents. In that regard, it's on par with both older iPhone cable as well as existing micro-USB cables for Android phones. ![]() There's also one other noticeable difference: Unlike Apple's Lightning cable, this can only be plugged in one way. However, it’s not the first Lightning cable that could cause harm to your devices or. (Granted, for the last few years, you've been able to set up your iPhone with only a WiFi connection). The O.MG Cable is the first known remote hacking tool disguised as a Lightning cable to be mass-produced. However, when it comes to tethered hotspotting, syncing to your PC or, well, anything to do with data, you just can't do it with this non- MFi cable. ![]() I've stashed a cable into just about anything or anywhere I could: gym bag, office drawer, two different workbags and a suitcase - like before, just in case. I also picked up a micro-USB to Lightning convertor, again for the same price. I bought four at once, mainly because I'd been hearing about the cable for months and it was sold out everywhere. This means additional wear and tear, although my in-box Lightning cable has never come apart on me or stopped working. Not only am I bringing my device everywhere I'm toting a Lightning cable too. Maybe I'll be taking a lot of photos, or using Google Maps a lot - overuse (or a late night at the office) typically means my phone will need a top-up. You get one in the box with your phone, sure, but I want extras for the sake of precaution. I used to be a slave to my Lightning cable. And hey, that's what you're doing anyway, right? Probably every single day. In short, it's a one-trick cable it's for charging only. This means it's roughly a tenth of the price of the cheapest Apple-certified cable on Amazon, but well, it's also only really half the cable. However, to avoid such licensing issues, Daiso (arguably the de facto 100-yen/dollar store in Japan) has substantially tweaked the Lightning cable you once knew. Cupertino holds claim to the design patents, not to mention that there's an authenticator chip built into the cable, which means Apple can charge to license out the design (in turn bumping up the cable's base price). Prices range from $120 to $160 with an additional $20 for an optional cable programmer at the Hak5 website.How do you make an iPhone Lightning cable at a tenth of the price of what Apple charges? In short, you can't. Various versions of the cable support different functions, but you can get an O.MG cable in USB-A to USB-C and Lightning, Lightning to USB-C, and USB-C to USB-C. The O.MG can be programmed to self-destruct, or hide evidence using a geofencing capability, Motherboard reports. If the person just wants to take control of your computer, they can be within Wi-Fi range sitting in a nearby van with Flowers By Irene on its side too. The Keylogger Edition can store up to 650,000 keystrokes on the computer it’s plugged into, and it can inject smartphone and tablet keystroke scripts as well. That was just the proof of concept, but now O.MG and Hak5 have been able to mass produce the cable and add a few other features such as keylogging. The Hak5 O.MG cable looks like any other USB cable but has a built-in web server and Wi-Fi radio as well as key logging and USB injection tools to take over the target device. Cox said the iPod charged as it would normally but shortly later, a terminal was opened on his Mac’s screen, letting the attacker run commands as if he or she were sitting in front of it. ![]() In the older demonstration by MG for Motherboard’s Joe Cox, the original O.MG USB to iPhone Lightning cable was connected to his Apple Macintosh and iPod.
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