Today's #securityHygiene post: Public charging stations.
I know you. Your plane is delayed, you're sitting in the terminal, tooting, watching netflix, reading the news, whatever... your battery warning pops up, you have about 10 more minutes before your phone dies and at least an hour before your plane gets there. But wait, there's a free charging station right over there!
Don't use it! The wires that send power can also send data; malicious data. Use your own power.
https://money.cnn.com/2017/02/15/technology/public-ports-charging-bad-stop/index.html
@0x56 I use a power bank as a 'buffer' between my phone and a power source most of the time. Thoughts on that?
I have plugged my phone into suspicious outlets before, but try to avoid it and should do a better job at that.
@0x56 Ok! Cool. I do use my own charger the vast majority of the time, when I can't is generally when I use a power bank as buffer. Sounds like that's the right thing to do. Thanks! :)