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in this day and age i wouldn't be surprised if there was an attack vector whereby the battery firmware was somehow overridden with some insane USB packets, whic

in this day and age i wouldn't be surprised if there was an attack vector whereby the battery firmware was somehow overridden with some insane USB packets, which then propogated the malware from the powerbank to the phone

flangola7 3y ago
Batteries are just chemicals
- labster 3y ago
  That’s exactly what they want you to think. Try charging a lithium battery without a microcontroller. Keep a fire extinguisher handy.
- afavour 3y ago
  USB batteries aren’t
falcolas 3y ago
I use a power bank with standard electrical plugs at least partially for this reason. All a malicious receptacle can do is start a fire, which is relatively obvious. Anker GaN Prime Powercore if anyone’s curious.