USB Type-C to Become More Secure with Authentication Standard

Re:USB Type-C to Become More Secure with Authentication Stan... by Vinnl on Thursday January 03, 2019 @05:25AM (#18814134)

I already have this problem with current USB: I don't really know which of my cables do data transfer, and which just do power transfer. The few times I try to transfer data by cable, I have to keep trying a bunch of different cables.

It sounds like USB-C is that, but worse.

(If there's any way to tell what cable is a data cable, I'd love for someone to enlighten me.)

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Re:USB Type-C to Become More Secure with Authentication Stan... by jwr on Friday January 04, 2019 @02:15PM (#18826814)

Oh, the current USB situation is much, much better. You can a) throw the "power-only" cables into the trash immediately and forget about them, b) look at the USB-A plug and the number of pins and see if it's USB 3.0 or 2.0. After that, assuming your cables aren't junk, you're fine: if you can plug it in, you can expect things to work.

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