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My friend's laptop got fried at a coffee shop last month
We were at The Daily Grind downtown and he plugged his laptop into a public USB port to charge. An hour later, his machine was totally locked up with weird pop-ups. Turns out it was a 'juice jacking' attack where bad stuff gets loaded through the charging cable. The repair shop said it took them 3 days to clean it all out. Now I only use my own wall plug and a data-blocking adapter. Has anyone else seen this happen or have a better way to stay safe charging in public?
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lilyp371d agoMost Upvoted
Seems like a lot of worry for a super rare problem.
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michael6691d ago
Super rare" feels pretty common when you see the news. Riley_wood84, those battery packs can be just as bad if they're cheap knockoffs. It's the faulty ones that go up.
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