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For the vast majority of them, they'll never plug their phone into a non-Apple connector, so the security status of this subsystem will not have any practical i
by jamesaguilar 13y ago
For the vast majority of them, they'll never plug their phone into a non-Apple connector, so the security status of this subsystem will not have any practical importance either way.
- eridius 13y agoI think you underestimate how willing people are to share chargers. If you make one of these malicious chargers, and mock it up to look similar enough to an Apple one, I bet you could compromise a decent number of phones just by hanging out in a popular place (e.g. a coffee shop, or an airport) and making your charger available to folks.
- jamesaguilar 13y agoI guess I didn't consider that aspect. I have to concede this point.
- dlhavema 13y agoThe airport is a perfect example, offering USB ports for iPhone, Android, etc and there would actually be a computer behind the scenes skimming whatever it wanted, or adding whatever it could to the devices connected... A lot of people are eager to plugin to charging stations while waiting for their flights.
- uxp 13y agoNon-apple connectors are still just USB cables, which have to be plugged into somewhere. That somewhere could be malicious.
- bigiain 13y agoYou haven't been to a conference/tradeshow/festival lately? "Free phone charging stations" are really common these days.