Use a USB Condom to Prevent 'Juice Jacking'

Thanks to a recent tweet by the FBI, you may have recently encountered the term “juice jacking” somewhere on the internet. Juice jacking refers to the act of infecting unsuspecting devices with malware through a public charging port like the ones you might see at the airport. While there aren’t any stats on how…

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