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I wouldn't mind a toggle switch in settings that requests me to push "Yes" if I place my phone on a wireless charger. If you leave this function off, it just ch

• bayindirh 5y ago
  When you connect your iPhone to a new and unrecognized device, it actually asks to whether trust or not trust that device. If your device is locked, you need to authenticate to trust to said device.
  • radec 5y ago
    Really, even wireless chargers? That's great.
    • bayindirh 5y ago
      A wireless charger has no data transfer capability yet, so "no" for now. However if a USB port shows any sign of data transfer capability, it's blocked until you trust it. Power starvation / observation attacks are passive attacks in a sense. They get their results by observing only.
      • atatatat 5y ago
        > A wireless charger has no data transfer capability yet ..but...the article
        • bayindirh 5y ago
          The article is about a side-channel attack, where you don't transfer any data, but just observe something (in this case power draw from a wireless charger) to get some information. In these types of attacks, you don't transfer any actual information, but guess something from observation. There are more exotic attacks [0][1] which exploit the heat computers generate to exfiltrate data or time power starvation attacks. [0]: https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3133956.3133994 https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3133956.3133994 [1]: https://www.wired.com/2015/03/stealing-data-computers-using-heat/ https://www.wired.com/2015/03/stealing-data-computers-using-...