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Re:Pixel 3a by 8note on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @08:15PM (#19854699)
I don't particularly trust them though. instead of just audio, some cheap dongle maker gets full USB access to my phone
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Re:Pixel 3a by taneq on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @09:38PM (#19855170)
Doesn't your phone limit that unless you tell it otherwise? Or do you just mean it has physical bus access?
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Re:Pixel 3a by hajile on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @08:41AM (#19858252)
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/07/this-...

USB is fundamentally broken and insecure. It simply isn't possible to keep a bad actor who plugs in from hijacking your system ports.

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