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Re:USB Type-C to Become More Secure with Authentication Stan... by geofft on Thursday January 03, 2019 @09:15AM (#18815197)
The problem with that is you also block the pins needed to negotiate power delivery over USB C, so you're limited to 10 W (5 V * 2 A). Laptops that use USB C for charging use C and not micro-B precisely because they need more power than that.
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