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Re:Inside a low-budget consumer hardware espionage implant by comex on Saturday November 11, 2017 @05:34PM (#15678558)
Unfortunately, that approach will become less useful in the future, as all USB-C cables that support USB 3 and/or high power contain a chip to advertise that fact[1]. (And then there are Thunderbolt cables, which look the same but require even more sophisticated electronics.)

[1] https://e2e.ti.com/blogs_/b/analogwire/archive/2016/03/07/wh...

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Re:Inside a low-budget consumer hardware espionage implant by Null-Set on Sunday November 12, 2017 @12:04AM (#15679743)
If anything this is just more reason to avoid USB-C.
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