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You could do that, but then you'd need to forgo USB Power Delivery, Qualcomm quick charging, etc. One thing I've heard other comments mention here is a USB con
by etskinner 5y ago
You could do that, but then you'd need to forgo USB Power Delivery, Qualcomm quick charging, etc.
One thing I've heard other comments mention here is a USB condom (USB data blocker). It's just a male to female adapter with only the power lines patched through, not data lines.
- sva_ 5y agoIf you have a powerbank with you (which may be empty), you could also charge the powerbank using the untrusted power source, and at the same time charge the phone via powerbank to "sanitize" the source. This way you could still benefit from quickcharging.
- dolmen 5y agoDo you have references for powerbanks that support QuickCharge?
- pdimitar 5y agoMost of them do nowadays. I used both Anker and Xiaomi and both were excellent.
- pdimitar 5y agoYep, this is what I usually end up doing while traveling. The battery doesn't care about the data lane even if the charger is somehow malicious, and my devices get pure juice.
- rsync 5y agoI can vouch for usb condoms. Not only do they allow safe use of Arbitrary power ports but they also allow me to charge my phone from my laptop without syncing for updating things…
- pdimitar 5y agoUSB condom LOL :D Got any links for those?
- dredmorbius 5y agohttps://duckduckgo.com/?q=USB+condom&ia=about https://duckduckgo.com/?q=USB+condom&ia=about
- pdimitar 5y agoThanks for exercising being snarky! I very obviously meant concrete brands and models that people would recommend. I'm touched that you think I can't search for stuff on the net. :D
- dredmorbius 5y agoYour "very obviously" wasn't read that way here. Synctstop and Int3.cc seem to be popular. The latter is recommended by Bruce Schneier here: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/12/bad_consumer_se.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/12/bad_consumer_...