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Can't the charger emulate a mouse/keyboard? It can also add a mass storage and confirm its usage with mouse. It's a bus after all. Edit: just checked - it's in
by krab 3y ago
Can't the charger emulate a mouse/keyboard? It can also add a mass storage and confirm its usage with mouse. It's a bus after all.
Edit: just checked - it's indeed possible with Android 14. Connecting a mouse doesn't require any confirmation. As long as the phone is unlocked, you can adjust the USB settings with that mouse.
- matsemann 3y agoCould use a power-only cable? Or are they no longer a thing with usb-c and PD handshakes?
- mr_mitm 3y agoYou can. There are even special adapters that block data, even for USB C. They call it "USB condom": https://www.zdnet.com/article/flying-this-weekend-this-6-usb-condom-will-protect-your-data-from-suspicious-outlets/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/flying-this-weekend-this-6-usb...
- reaperman 3y agoId imagine this would prevent charging using voltages over 5V?
- Kirby64 3y agoThe standard usb data pins are not used to negotiate the power profiles. The pins used for negotiating power profiles should be much safer, with fewer venues for exploit. Maybe not impossible in all cases, but it’s trivial to design a system that could not be exploited via the power negotiation pins.
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- mjevans 3y agoSo charge while locked only, or use an adapter. It's probably safe enough to recharge your battery pack and charge the phone off that, even at the same time if supported.
- beefield 3y agoAre ther packs that support pass through charging robustly? I have tried with three different ones and two do this sporadically and the last one lenovo go, seems to support it only from the male plug, which is next to useless. Or at least I do not have a single usb A male - usb - c female cable that would be required in most cases.
- Ayesh 3y agoI'm using Xiaomi 20,000 mAh power bank, and passthrough works great. Mine only supports 18W out, when I have my 30W charger plugged in, the power bank charges as well.
- pimlottc 3y agoiOS requires you to enable an accessibility feature called AssistiveTouch [0] to use a mouse with a phone/ipad. If you already had it on, you could probably use it own the device pretty quick, but it's not enabled by default. 0: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210546 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210546
- ezequiel-garzon 3y agoI can't test it, but the instructions seem to refer to AssistiveTouch only for Bluetooth devices: """To connect a Bluetooth device: 1. Go to Settings > Accessibility, and select Touch. 2. Select AssistiveTouch > Devices, then select Bluetooth Devices. 3. Select your device from the list."""
- rahimnathwani 3y agoI've used a mouse (non-Bluetooth) with my son's iPad Pro (within the last year), and I didn't have to enable AssistiveTouch. I just checked and it's not enabled. Is this requirement a very recent change? (I don't have my own iPad with me right now, but I don't recall enabling AssistiveTouch to get the Logitech keyboard+trackpad working.) EDIT: I looked online and apparently prior to 13.4 AssistiveTouch was required to use a mouse. But now you don't need it if you only want basic mouse functionality.
- behnamoh 3y agoThis is false. I've used a BT mouse with my iPad and didn't need to enable this feature.
- bdhcuidbebe 3y agothere is special lightning and usb-c cables too that look like charger but is a programmable keyboard. this is a real threat, although unlikely atm unless you are targeted.