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0 pointsGigachad3y ago0 comments

Internal components work because they are added at the same time the software has been loaded on the phone. Airpods are added after the fact and can change later. This means scam products can just bit for bit copy the signature and serial number from genuine airpods.

The only detection method then would be Apple noticing multiple products have the same S/N which I guess is how they warn users of fake products these days.

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ChadNauseam3y ago

The airpod could send the phone a public key + apple's signature for that key, then the phone could do challenge-response against that key. That would mean the scammers would have to exfiltrate the private key from a legit pair of airpods, which would hopefully be much more expensive

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