Why are people suddenly adding Apple Lightning cables to Raspberry Pi Pico 2 boards?

· Adafruit Industries Blog · Aug. 20, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
Summary
The blog post discusses the recent trend of users adding Apple Lightning cables to Raspberry Pi Pico 2 boards, primarily for purposes related to jailbreaking iDevices with A12/A13 CPUs through the usbliter8 exploit. It highlights community involvement and interest in leveraging hardware for device hacking.