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Apple has spoken out about surveillance through the keyboard

The company said that all wireless keyboards ever produced by Apple – including the first Magic Keyboard models and the current versions with Touch ID fingerprint sensor – were vulnerable to the vulnerability. Representatives of the corporation did not specify how many users could be hacked through the system breach. However, the material says that the attack could only be made with direct, not remote, contact with the device. According to Apple engineers, the firmware 2.0.6 that fixes the problem can be installed in the background while the keyboard is connected to macOS, iOS, iPadOS or tvOS.

In mid-January, Beijing police experts revealed a way to identify users transferring data from one iPhone to another via AirDrop. Apple has not commented on the report.

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