Comment Re:Quite misleading (Score 2) 170
The charger is a mini linux machine what needs to use an apple developer account to dynamically add the devices UDID to the developer portal. It then signs the malicious app and installs it. It takes advantage of ad-hoc distribution and would require a new Apple developer account every 100 devices.
Everything that Ernest said, plus one more important note: Your phone must be either unlocked or not passcode/password protected, in order for this exploit to function. (Just another good reason to use what should be common sense security precautions, really.)