Just great, another way to get ripped off...

[Archae]

While recharging a phone.

Holiday travel warning: Watch where you charge your phone

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - There is a new Consumer First Alert ahead of the holiday travel season.

The new warning is about hackers stealing your information when you charge your phone in public places.
It’s called ‘juice jacking.’

It can happen as you’re out in public and you want to plug in to a public charging station. Hackers could steal your information when you plug in.

https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Holiday-travel-warning-Watch-where-you-charge-your-phone-565061322.html

[FM123]

1. oh my, I can barely keep up as it is....

[ret5hd]

2. Simple, cheap, almost foolproof solution (no really, I'm not kidding):

Many of the cheap USB cables are not data capable...they only do charging. There are multiple connections inside a USB cable...Two (pos and neg) are for charging and the rest are for data.

You can test any cable by plugging it into your computer and your device. Check to see if the devices connect. If they don't, use THAT CABLE and that cable only for charging at public places like they describe.

[Farmer-Rick]

3. I charge a removable battery and charge my cell off of that

[royable]

4. Wonderful idea! n/t

[rickford66]

5. Duh

[NutmegYankee]

6. Don't use USB, use a plugin charger.

[dalton99a]

7. Kick