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> Most phone manufacturers have since added a prompt asking the user if they’ll allow data to be exchanged. And doing it badly. I am sometimes using external k
by rini17 3y ago
> Most phone manufacturers have since added a prompt asking the user if they’ll allow data to be exchanged.
And doing it badly. I am sometimes using external keyboard connected via a charging hub. The Android phone happily accepts keyboard input regardless of "charge only" setting.
- gruez 3y agoI think by "data transfer" they mean photos/file transfer, or itunes backup/sync on ios. If you want to really get nitpicky about it, usb power negotiation counts as "data transfer".
- rini17 3y agoSo it's a non-issue, or what you're trying to argue?
- gruez 3y agoThe comment I replied to >> Most phone manufacturers have since added a prompt asking the user if they’ll allow data to be exchanged. >And doing it badly. I am sometimes using external keyboard connected via a charging hub. The Android phone happily accepts keyboard input regardless of "charge only" setting. I'm pointing out that "data transfer" claim is technically true (ie. a keyboard does transfer data), but not the threat that the article describes (ie. file/media transfer). You can certainly pull off some sort of an attack with only keyboard/mouse input, but it's far harder to pull off and much more obvious.
- Wowfunhappy 3y agoI think it would be pretty hard for an attacker to do damage merely by sending keyboard input, particularly without the user noticing. Not impossible, but also not worth worrying about if you're not POTUS-level.
- rini17 3y agoPhones behave strangely all the time even without being hacked. Oh right, since i'm not POTUS then nothing really is at stake, merely my online identity and banking stuff and communication with kids' school and such /s