<story><title>FBI warns against using public USB charging ports</title><url>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-warns-public-charging-stations/story?id=98503419</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hannob</author><text>This nonsense comes up every now and then. The facts are:&lt;p&gt;* The risk on any modern phone is close to nonexistent. By default they only charge. You&amp;#x27;d need a zero day exploit in the charging function.&lt;p&gt;* There are no reports of such attacks ever having happened in the wild.&lt;p&gt;Stop worrying about fake security threats. There are enough real ones.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>krab</author><text>Can&amp;#x27;t the charger emulate a mouse&amp;#x2F;keyboard? It can also add a mass storage and confirm its usage with mouse. It&amp;#x27;s a bus after all.&lt;p&gt;Edit: just checked - it&amp;#x27;s indeed possible with Android 14. Connecting a mouse doesn&amp;#x27;t require any confirmation. As long as the phone is unlocked, you can adjust the USB settings with that mouse.</text></comment>
<story><title>FBI warns against using public USB charging ports</title><url>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-warns-public-charging-stations/story?id=98503419</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hannob</author><text>This nonsense comes up every now and then. The facts are:&lt;p&gt;* The risk on any modern phone is close to nonexistent. By default they only charge. You&amp;#x27;d need a zero day exploit in the charging function.&lt;p&gt;* There are no reports of such attacks ever having happened in the wild.&lt;p&gt;Stop worrying about fake security threats. There are enough real ones.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wannacboatmovie</author><text>This sounds like something guys who setup a fake charging kiosk at DEFCON would say.</text></comment>