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Comment by Toutouxc | Hacker News Reader

> 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.

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> Why the hell would the (hypothetical) attacker lose precious time doing something like that.

Because it’s probably kids messing around.

Their own kids, not unlikely.

Not too keen on the anecdote either, but with the Flipper Zero script kiddies around, you can never be too sure. Just a couple of months ago, you saw headlines of low-skill pairing dialog DOS attacks.

I believe HID-over-GATT was recently introduced to iOS (only a decade late), and implementation details could potentially be relevant here.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/11/flipper-zero-gadget...

Typing "We are in control" looks like kids bragging about their hacking skills. Not the usual hackers but who knows. Furthermore it means that the hack was not automated (yet.) A person was there, typing commands. Again, unusual.

On the other side hacking a watch is something that probably doesn't get unnoticed by the wearer if it must go through the UI. Are they subtler ways to get in control?

To be fair, one famous malware literally just says "you are an idiot"[1] out loud.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSgk7ctw1HY

I have upvoted this, but on a second thought, this is probably what I would do as well if I had the possibility to observe the victim, yet all the chances to have not been caught. Makes for an exhilarating complaint and report as well (evidence: this thread).

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

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.

Does it even have a keyboard? My Apple Watch 3 does not. Just a scribble pad to draw letters.

If I long press on an input field on my apple watch s9 a keyboard pops up on my iphone.

You don’t do it all in a guy fawkes mask?

Because its fun?

It sounds like delusional thinking and someone with a mental illness.

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