Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked • Hacker News Board

Re: Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked

#11

Post by Toutouxc » Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 6:43 AM UTC

> they popped up the keyboard and typed “We are in control”

This reads like bad hacking fiction, complete with the guy typing that wearing a Guy Fawkes mask. Why the hell would the (hypothetical) attacker lose precious time doing something like that.

Re: Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked

#12

Post by hyperhello » Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 6:43 AM UTC

Is it possible there’s an exploit to remotely touch, which at first looked random, but as people figured it out learned to actually operate the device?

Re: Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked

#13

Post by bowsamic » Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 6:52 AM UTC

Toutouxc wrote: post #11

> they popped up the keyboard and typed “We are in control” This reads like bad hacking fiction, complete with the guy typing that wearing a Guy Fawkes mask. Why the hell would the (hypothetical) attacker lose precious time doing something like that.

A lot of people hack because it’s fun to freak out the victim, and also we have a huge number of historical examples of hackers taunting the victim.

Re: Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked

#14

Post by rvz » Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 6:52 AM UTC

TLDR: Their watch digitizer got messed up. Likely submerged it in water and it was all over.

Case closed.

Re: Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked

#15

Post by moribvndvs » Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 6:53 AM UTC

Since when can you arbitrarily pop open the keyboard and display typed text from the Home Screen?

Re: Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked

#16

Post by titaniumtown » Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 6:53 AM UTC

rvz wrote: post #14

TLDR: Their watch digitizer got messed up. Likely submerged it in water and it was all over. Case closed.

and it typed "We are in control"? Very unlikely.

Re: Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked

#17

Post by LeoPanthera » Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 6:56 AM UTC

This is so hard to believe that I simply don't.

Either the user had a bad digitizer, and misread and/or hallucinated the "We are in control" message, or the entire story is made up. Perhaps a group of people working together to post "Hey me too!" stories? I'm not sure what the motive would be, though.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and this is beyond believability.

Re: Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked

#18

Post by UberFly » Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 6:57 AM UTC

Toutouxc wrote: post #11

> they popped up the keyboard and typed “We are in control” This reads like bad hacking fiction, complete with the guy typing that wearing a Guy Fawkes mask. Why the hell would the (hypothetical) attacker lose precious time doing something like that.

True or not it really does sound like hacking fan fiction.

Re: Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked

#19

Post by rudedogg » Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 6:59 AM UTC

I think the OP in the linked thread is a complete hoax, and all the commenters are experiencing the random phantom/ghost input issues, googling it and hitting that thread. If you read carefully they all sound like their watch is receiving random inputs.

Re: Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked

#20

Post by sebazzz » Sun, Feb 18, 2024, 7:02 AM UTC

LeoPanthera wrote: post #17

This is so hard to believe that I simply don't. Either the user had a bad digitizer, and misread and/or hallucinated the "We are in control" message, or the entire story is made up. Perhaps a group of people working together to post "Hey me too!" stories? I'm not sure what the motive would be, though. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and this is beyond believability.

I wonder how such hack would even work. The watch does have the option to control it remotely, through the iPhone accessibility options, but obviously this only works with the paired iPhone and not over the internet.