Apple’s Lightning Cable Teardown Reveals TI Chip Which Has “Modest” Security

With the iPhone 5, Apple switched to a new “Lightning” connector standard, which replaced the outdated 30 pin dock connector found in the millions of iOS devices and iPods sold till now. Although this annoyed a number of people who owned a lot of 30-pin based connector accessories, the move was unavoidable given Apple’s obsession with thinness and the 30-pin connector’s outdated specification.

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