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Is it just me or does the price point seem extremely low? They have a device that should be in high demand globally, and maybe one competitor. And they are charging 15-30k, for basically unlimited usage?? You can't tell me federal law enforcement wouldn't pay at minimum ten times that amount for metered usage...


I bet they realize the lifespan of this device is very short and are trying to maximize ROI short-term.


That was my thought as well - but on the flip side, by dealing in quantity they are a lot more likely to have one leak and be reverse engineered, and thus have Apple render them all useless.

It's certainly an interesting problem of profit maximization!


Unless the vulnerability is in the CPU/DMA/whatever and not easily patched. Everyone assumes that Apple has no idea what it is, maybe they are keenly aware and it’s just not fixable.


True. If Apple or a security firm get a hold of one of these devices, surely they'd be able to reverse engineer it and patch the vulnerabilities.


That was my thought, too. Other than this report, has there been verifiable evidence the device even works?

The photo stagings remind me of ones I’d use on a pre-release marketing site for a vapor-ware product to test demand and a price point.





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