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Re:ATtention Spanned: Comprehensive Android Vulnerability An... by joezydeco on Friday August 24, 2018 @04:27PM (#17837665)
There's the USB Condom:

https://int3.cc/products/usbcondoms

http://syncstop.com/

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Re:ATtention Spanned: Comprehensive Android Vulnerability An... by digi_owl on Friday August 24, 2018 @04:42PM (#17837756)
While not at guaranteed, killing the data wires (or shorting them) makes the device think it is dealing with a charge only port.

Thus various companies have made devices that conditionally apply said short.

Here is one example: https://www.startech.com/Cables/USB-2.0/USB-Adapters/USB-2-F...

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Re:ATtention Spanned: Comprehensive Android Vulnerability An... by joezydeco on Friday August 24, 2018 @04:51PM (#17837803)
The USB condom is more for situations where you are in public and wish to charge your device from an unknown and possibly hostile USB-A receptacle.
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Re:ATtention Spanned: Comprehensive Android Vulnerability An... by DarkStar851 on Saturday August 25, 2018 @02:04AM (#17839780)
That Startech device still isolates the data line, it just has the added bonus of adding fast charging support. It'd be effective as a "USB condom" alternative.
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