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Re:Apple Lightning by chongli on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @09:10PM (#23708873)
No I think the GP meant the port on the iPhone as the “other end”. In other words, why not have all of the protection logic built into the phone?
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Re:Apple Lightning by rtpg on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @10:44PM (#23709410)
just as an example, imagine you end up putting a fuse in the cable. If the fuse blows, then the cable can be easily replaced. A chip in the iPhone.... not so much.

Though likely there's something in the phone _as well_ as the cable.

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Re:Apple Lightning by projektfu on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @10:01PM (#23709192)
If the cable is dumb, it can’t switch the +5v power coming from a USB supply. If it can switch it, it’s not dumb.
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