The leak of this new tool that has the internal name of "ChimpSWD" It arrived a few hours ago on the network and the important thing is that this tool performs the diagnosis of the equipment through a USB C port that directly replaces the previous one, which was logically the Lightning.
With this new diagnostic tool Apple employees would use the USB-C port To perform the task of verifying and collecting sensitive equipment data, among them, for example, they will be able to see the serial number directly from the plate or even check for faults.
This is a big change in the way the firm's employees work that is shown in a tweet from Giulio Zompetti, and that we leave right here:
Apple is introducing a new probe to its family. We are talking about the SNR successor.
Let me introduce you UDT (USB-C Diagnostic Tool), probably some of you know it already as ChimpSWD. #AppleInternal pic.twitter.com/y2WzdMFTLA
- Giulio Zompetti (@ 1nsane_dev) May 29, 2020
The new diagnostic element could be working in tandem with the tool called SNR, which is the one previously used to perform diagnostic tasks. Apple informed its technical service providers that your Apple Service Toolkit 2 diagnostic system showed a new version to be compatible with the HDI serial number reader on the 11st generation 12,9-inch iPad Pro and the XNUMXrd generation XNUMX-inch iPad Pro using this new USB C diagnostic tool.
This means that not all equipment is compatible with this new tool, logically those with the USB C port will be safe in the coming days or weeks as is the case with the 11-inch second-generation model and the 12,9-inch model. fourth-generation inches that have already announced that will be the next to be compatible with this tool diagnostic.