Re:Malicious Charging Cable
by lisper on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @12:23PM
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Just for the record: I just unlocked my phone after it was plugged in to my computer all night and it put up the "trust this computer?" dialog. I did not confirm. Instead, I turned the phone off, and plugged it back in directly to my computer without the intervening hub and dock. This time it did NOT put up the trust dialog. I plugged it back in to the hub and it once again did NOT put up the dialog.
It's very weird, and the fact that the trust dialog does not display any kind of device fingerprint makes it impossible to know what is actually going on.
Re:Malicious Charging Cable
by noizejoy on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:43PM
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just wow - that’s pretty crazy - it sure would be interesting to find out what signals the logic/code behind the trust dialog actually looks for, and maybe even more interesting why it was designed that way, or if it’s just really buggy.
It's very weird, and the fact that the trust dialog does not display any kind of device fingerprint makes it impossible to know what is actually going on.