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    From Alan B@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 13 08:01:51 2023
    This’ll set the conspiracy theorists off ;)

    <https://globalnews.ca/news/9615746/juice-jacking-public-charging-stations/>

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    Cheers, Alan

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  • From Mark@21:1/5 to Alan B on Thu Apr 13 10:20:27 2023
    On 2023-04-13 08:01:51 +0000, Alan B said:

    This’ll set the conspiracy theorists off ;)

    <https://globalnews.ca/news/9615746/juice-jacking-public-charging-stations/>

    Ha! Would this be mitigated by wireless charging points? Either that or
    Apple pivios to having TWO Lightning connectors (one for power, one for data)... ;)
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    Cheers ... Mark

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Apr 13 08:11:21 2023
    In article <u18hgr$bf2l$[email protected]>, Mark
    <[email protected]> wrote:


    This�ll set the conspiracy theorists off ;)

    <https://globalnews.ca/news/9615746/juice-jacking-public-charging-stations/>

    it's not new.

    from 2011 (and an android phone): <https://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/08/beware-of-juice-jacking/>
    �One attendee claimed his phone had USB transfer off and he would
    be fine. When he plugged in, it instantly went into USB transfer
    mode,� Markus recalls. �He then sheepishly said, �Guess that
    setting doesn�t work.'�

    Ha! Would this be mitigated by wireless charging points?

    yes.

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to nospam on Thu Apr 13 15:42:37 2023
    nospam <[email protected]d> wrote:
    In article <u18hgr$bf2l$[email protected]>, Mark
    <[email protected]> wrote:


    This¹ll set the conspiracy theorists off ;)

    <https://globalnews.ca/news/9615746/juice-jacking-public-charging-stations/>

    it's not new.

    I thought it sounded familiar. I’ve yet to use one anyway!

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    Cheers, Alan

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  • From Chris@21:1/5 to Alan B on Thu Apr 13 15:29:33 2023
    Alan B <[email protected]d> wrote:
    This’ll set the conspiracy theorists off ;)

    <https://globalnews.ca/news/9615746/juice-jacking-public-charging-stations/>

    This is not new. I remember this as a risk many years ago. That's why
    iphones ask you to trust or otherwise new devices connected to the
    lightning port.

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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to Chris on Sat Apr 15 15:25:10 2023
    On 13 Apr 2023 at 16:29:33 BST, "Chris" <[email protected]> wrote:

    Alan B <[email protected]d> wrote:
    This’ll set the conspiracy theorists off ;)

    <https://globalnews.ca/news/9615746/juice-jacking-public-charging-stations/>

    This is not new. I remember this as a risk many years ago. That's why
    iphones ask you to trust or otherwise new devices connected to the
    lightning port.

    Macs too now since macOS 12 iirc.

    Which can be mildly annoying. If you connect something while the Mac is
    locked, you never get the prompt and it stays discnnected - so you have
    to physically unplug/replug. Makes some sense from a security
    perspective, but I think it would make even more sense if it did pop the
    prompt when you log in to make you aware someone has connected a device.

    Cheers - Jaimie
    --
    Beauty is only skin deep, but it turns out that you still need the bones and gunk
    -- j comeau, a softer world

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