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Why you should never borrow someone's charging cord
5 years ago by themarkymark (78)
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Remember that episode of Alias when Kevin Weisman's character made a listening device that was disguised as a cable? It was a more advanced design than the feds had in mind, so when the feds piggy-backed onto his cable, they just used a clunky looking coupler.
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Well, time to make a purchase.
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This would probably be a good way to access all my old iPhones with smashed screens too!
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Damn, the more you know....
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What is this overpaid for a power cord! Flagged for rewards! Too much! what is this?
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LOL I didn't buy a single vote
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well i saw minnow support, you’re not a minnow, so flag! I can disagree on rewards.
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Fair enough, but not a single vote was bought.
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ok i’ll edit my comment about the buying part. See steem tainted itself, we all just assume it’s bits now, we’re programmed. sorry
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Damn, I borrow it all the time!
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They know everything about you now! ;)
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Wooah, thanks for sharing this. I will never use other charging cord especially the public one
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They could be disguised as USB data blocker.. :)
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Did you see the story a while ago about the user that used a sub standard USB-C cord on his $1000 Pixelbook and it fried it? He then created an awesome spreadsheet that went worldwide documenting which cords were safe and which ones were not. I know that doesn't directly relate to your post, but I think it speaks to the fact that we should always be careful what we are plugging into our very expensive devices.
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No, but I do know the Raspberry Pi 4 USB-C port isn't standard and has problems with some USB-C cords. Similar problem.
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Jesus, this is frightening.
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Wow thats something new for me. From now I need to start think about from what people I borrow charging cable.
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Wow. I don't borrow, but tend to loan mine out all the time, along with my powerbank. Next thing you know, that'll be compromised as well! Thanks for the info.
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Yeah, we often miss this kind of trivial but actually crucial security practices.
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Good advice, especially on airports!
Thanks.
Gotta get one of them Data Blockers.
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No surprised! And why is "everybody" forgetting about the ISP's...the big "security" problem we have are these providers of service (just to whom?)!
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This article has shared on Twitter by @steemit!
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Thanks for making people aware. Many people such as myself didnt see it this way when it came to simple thing like sharing a USB.
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Omw what the tech of today are capable of....😨best is to cary only your own chargers and cables around
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I think worrying about this one might be a little over-kill. I would imagine that if you were to randomly ask someone at, say, an airport bar if they had a charger you could borrow -- you're more than likely going to be safe.
I certainly wouldn't just walk up and use some random charger that's laying around, though.
That being said -- best practices are best practices for a reason.
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Unbelievable big brother in the charging cables..lol 🤣
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Very true, but more importantly I'd probably not lend one either, heh. Happy Friday Mark.
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