[conspire] Warning: You'll never get your time back from this thread

[Mike Higashi]

On Sunday, May 8, 2016, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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> So, I thought, broken Kindle, or four broken cables?

In some cases, a USB cable that only carries power, but not data, is a
feature.

For example, when you plug your smartphone or tablet into a public charging
station, you can't always be sure the station hasn't been modded (via
addition of a Raspberry Pi, or similar device) so it sneaks malware onto
attached devices.

I have one USB cable that has a user-operated switch in the middle that
turns off data transfers.

Mike
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