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Re: [funsec] Apple’s Antenna Design and Test Labs


From: Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:19:27 -0400

More to the point, the security system (encasing every phone in a shell, so
that nobody could steal the design when it was out and about) caused all the
external testing to fail, doing more damage than if the phone design had
actually been stolen.

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:02 PM, <rackow () mcs anl gov> wrote:

I think the bottom line on this is best summed up with"
The difference between theory and practice is much bigger
in practice than in theory.

While they spent all that money on lab for testing, it certainly
appears that they didn't actually have a person holding the
phone while testing it.  Works great in the lab.  In the field...
In dealing with things in a lab, many times you get into a routine.
You make lots of tests, but don't realize there is a basic flaw
in the way the person holds the phone that doesn't test how most
people hold it.

--Gene


Juha-Matti Laurio made the following keystrokes:
 >http://www.apple.com/antenna/testing-lab.html
 >
 >via Cryptome
 >
 >"Apple has invested more than $100 million building its advanced antenna
design
 >  and test labs."
 >
 >Juha-Matti
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