Apple references bogus devices in iOS 5.1B1 config file

Apple is getting crafty and peppering an iOS 5.1B1 config file with references to fake devices. These bogus devices were discovered in the USBDeviceConfiguration.plist file and first reported by 9to5Mac. The file is reportedly one that many sleuths examine when they're looking for new device information hidden in iOS.
These bogus references are meant to thwart developers from looking any further, but it will probably have the opposite effect. Most developers will have a good chuckle at these fake devices and turn towards the lower level files where the real information can be found.
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Apple is getting crafty and peppering an iOS 5.1B1 config file with references to fake devices. These bogus devices were discovered in...
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The list that people see is just slightly different for everyone. Apple is using this to discover who leaks information - i.e. breaks the NDA.
December 14 2011 at 5:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOMG! It's the iFPGA! The iFlatPanelGlassAppliance....it's the iTV! How obvious!
December 13 2011 at 11:47 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyAbout time some Apple Dev started having us on with joke devices in the plists files. And just the other day I had kids asking me about the iPad 10... makes me wonder about some of those 3rd graders....
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