[QUOTE]Charging your phone through an unfamiliar USB port can lead to some nasty surprises on your device, but a new attachment [URL="http://int3.cc/products/usbcondoms"]called the USB Condom[/URL] should be able to keep it safe. Made by int3.cc, the protective layer fits on top of a USB plug and cuts off access to the pins that allow it to transmit and receive data. Only the pins that allow the plug to receive power are left open, so that a device can charge without any possibility of malware being passed between the device and its power source.
[url]http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/13/4726486/usbcondom-protects-charging-devices-from-hackers-juice-jacking[/url]
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This is like someone saw that image from like 2008 and actually invented it.
Was this made in your town?
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Or by someone you know?
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So fucking simple, yet so fucking effective.
Will it block those things where it's 240v straight into USB?
His friend made it and his uncle runs the plant that manufactures it, calling it now
[img_thumb]http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/chode/chode0810/chode081000073/3656823-data-security-concept--condom-over-usb-cable.jpg[/img_thumb]
Take that, hackers!!
[QUOTE=MasterFen006;42179851]Will it block those things where it's 240v straight into USB?[/QUOTE]
Who knows, maybe it'll fry the condom and leave the phone unharmed
[QUOTE=GhostG45;42179873][img_thumb]http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/chode/chode0810/chode081000073/3656823-data-security-concept--condom-over-usb-cable.jpg[/img_thumb]
Take that, hackers!![/QUOTE]
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protects against USBTDs
[QUOTE=Mr. Zombie;42179885][t]http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/3d-thief-hacker-24603652.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
not a hacker no balaclava
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Do people actually receive malware from unknown usb ports?
There should be a device that makes an usb stick write protected - for virus removal.
[QUOTE=Abrown516;42180309]Do people actually receive malware from unknown usb ports?[/QUOTE]
It's possible, Android is likely the most vulnerable if developer options is enabled. ADB can be used to access the filesystem, launch apps, simulate touchscreen presses. Could be used to steal data or to install malicious apps.
iPhone can also be jailbroken via usb, probably wouldn't take much to brick one via usb as well.
[QUOTE=Giraffen93;42180350]There should be a device that makes an usb stick write protected - for virus removal.[/QUOTE]
use a cd for virus removal
[QUOTE=Mike Tyson;42180421]use a cd for virus removal[/QUOTE]
not all computers has a cd drive, and i want to update the stuff on it too
[QUOTE=OutspokenGolf;42180074]not a hacker no balaclava
[t]http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/627244/105668582/stock-photo--d-hacker-stealing-usb-flash-drive-isolated-105668582.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
they got me, darn
[t]http://preparingyourfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/computer-hacker.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=pentium;42179850]So fucking simple, yet so fucking effective.[/QUOTE]
not really, my cousin wired up his usb ports wrong once so his case killed any USB stick that was plugged in, I doubt this would stop that
[QUOTE=Giraffen93;42180350]There should be a device that makes an usb stick write protected - for virus removal.[/QUOTE]
there are lots of solutions to make a bootable USB drive write protected for virus removals
i use them all the time at work
[QUOTE=FFStudios;42180503]there are lots of solutions to make a bootable USB drive write protected for virus removals
i use them all the time at work[/QUOTE]
all software solutions can be bypassed
[QUOTE=Generic Monk;42180486]not really, my cousin wired up his usb ports wrong once so his case killed any USB stick that was plugged in, I doubt this would fix it[/QUOTE]
lol, did he wire it so it stuffed 5 volts down the data lines or something?
but wont this make newer phones not accept charge? They require a slight load on the data ports or they won't accept it as a valid charger.
[QUOTE=Giraffen93;42180550]all software solutions can be bypassed[/QUOTE]
At the beginning of the USB drive era most drive had a write-lock switch that were connected to the interface chip that handles USB <-> flash-chip communications.
But because consumers used that so rarely, or even activated/deactivated it by accident almost no USB drive sports it nowadays.
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[QUOTE=A_Pigeon;42180702]but wont this make newer phones not accept charge? They require a slight load on the data ports or they won't accept it as a valid charger.[/QUOTE]
On Android and supposedly also on iOS devices, it's nothing more than a resistor array between +5v, gnd and the data lines.
[I]THAT [/I]simple.
Before the USB charging spec was finalized it required all sorts of drivers on computers to make devices charge.
[QUOTE=Abrown516;42180309]Do people actually receive malware from unknown usb ports?[/QUOTE]
it was made pretty well known recently when at a [b]black hat hacking conference[/b], there were kiosks with 'complimentary charging stations' with USB and iPhone cables, and outlets, though hidden beneath the kiosk was a cheap computer that would put up a spoof virus that more or less told people they were idiots for plugging into random cables like that
the great thing is that there was an article written [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22764815]a month before[/url] that explicitly talked about how the group that figured out that it's an issue would be talking about that very thing at that conference. (they did it to give their point more oomph)
[QUOTE=Generic Monk;42180486]not really, my cousin wired up his usb ports wrong once so his case killed any USB stick that was plugged in, I doubt this would stop that[/QUOTE]
Whenever I plug something in my USB slots my computer shorts out. Idk why. Too lazy to fix though.
[QUOTE=itsjustspacy;42182202]Whenever I plug something in my USB slots my computer shorts out. Idk why. Too lazy to fix though.[/QUOTE]
It would probably take you literally less than 5 minutes to fix it though, considering the case jumpers for most front USB ports are all in one piece that can only fit on the headers one way, as are most case cables these days. Unless you mean the ports on the back of the PC that are part of the motherboard, then you should just RMA it.
[QUOTE=Giraffen93;42180350]There should be a device that makes an usb stick write protected - for virus removal.[/QUOTE]
There are some flash drives that have switches embedded within so that you can toggle write protection on and off. It's only on the more expensive ones though.
this thing is way too big for what it does, whoever made it is awful
since all this does is cut the data cables, without something to request a full 500ma it'll only get 100ma, so this'll charge your phone at a fifth of the normal speed, and can be compared to just a cord with the data cables cut off
I'm not an expert on electronics but I'm pretty sure you can add an IC to make that 500ma request in that unnecessarily large PCB
This doesn't need any circuitry, what the hell are they doing. Just sell USB cables with the data pins not connected for fucks sake
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