- Nov 21, 2019
- 1 min read

Stop! Don’t Charge Your Phone This Way

Updated: May 1, 2023

You might want to think twice before plugging in at an airport or on the train.

“A dead or dying phone or laptop is enough to send anybody on a mad dash to find a way to charge the device, but you might want to think twice before using that random cable found at an airport charging station or docking into that hotel USB port — hackers could be waiting…"

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/technology/personaltech/usb-warning-juice-jacking.html

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