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Re:Malicious Charging Cable by asdff on Sunday March 01, 2020 @07:56PM (#22460611)
Not necessarily. Those notifications pop up when your cable is starting to fail as well. If your malicious cable had 'amazon basics' printed on the side and looked a little ratty, no one would bat an eye.
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Re:Malicious Charging Cable by gruez on Sunday March 01, 2020 @08:03PM (#22460650)
>Not necessarily. Those notifications pop up when your cable is starting to fail as well

I think you're talking about the "this accessory is not supported by this iphone" prompt, not the "trust this computer?" or "allow this device to access your photos and videos" prompts. The first shows up if your cable can't be verified to be mfi compatible (via a special chip in the cable), and the last two only show up when connecting to a computer.

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Re:Malicious Charging Cable by davchana on Sunday March 01, 2020 @08:07PM (#22460676)
If it is not my pc; & I am just charging the phone, I always select the Charge Only mode. No to Allow this device to access your photos prompt.
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