Not just the US government, anyone has been able to do this for years
I knew about these, but always thought I could spot them.
I wouldn’t!!!
Ya no definitely. Anything just not a health care for people
The government is that dude who’ll talk a big game about how great he is, get ya in bed, fuck you and not even finger blast ya to the finish.
Pro Tip: Leave a unique mark somewhere on the cable so if someone switches it, you can tell it apart. Always check for the mark before you use the cable, every time.
(Yes I actually do this, I’m paranoid)
If you’re really paranoid you should buy all your stuff in a brick and mortar store. You’d have to be high up on a list for it to even be worth someone’s time, but intercepting a package and swapping the contents is pretty easy to do, typical Tuesday multi-agency gun ring bust for some postal inspectors
My older brother is abusive, and I need precautions to be safe.
That’s my threat model.
I actually would rather run a phone with stock OS with verified boot, rather than LineageOS but with bootloader unlocked. Evil Maid from someone you know wanting fuck around with you is more scary to me than government tbh
(I don’t have a pixel for graphene)
Edit: Also these cables cost like $200 online from HAK5. My brother definitely can pull some shit if he tried. He’s in Computer Science in college.
Is it not possible to lock the bootloader again with LineageOS?
Only with a few rare phones… most phones just gets bricked if you attempt to lock it under a custom os because they don’t support custom keys.
Pixel supports it, but I don’t have a pixel. (If I did I would just use Graphene lol)
New is expensive
and I really distrust the used market… feels very sketchy and it could have hidden damage that doesn’t manifest itself until the return window is already passed (if they even allow a return at all), also I have a paranoia about getting an IMEI that a criminal have used and then cops come knocking thinking its ME doing the illegal activity (cuz you know they do the “oops wrong address” thing often and they’ve shot people to death over it )
We found out 15 years ago the hardware is probably older
You can see a CT scan of one of these
https://www.techspot.com/news/105863-usb-c-cable-can-hide-lot-malicious-hardware.html
damn i though they would use the type A connector because it’s bigger but it can be fit even into usb C
Apple did it with lightning.
Anyone can do this.
USB condoms for charging exist for a reason.
Would limit higher power charging
https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/161/
There’s a darknet episode about these cables
Dude, we’ve been able to do that with a fucking arduino for years.
Good thing I only buy cheap cables on aliexpress these days lmao
the Chinese government did it to those
As for now they are welcome to my data more than Palantir lol.
I’ve been using wireless chargers for years. I find it “more secure” in the sense that my phone’s port is full of gunk and if I want to wake up with full batteries I can count on wireless a lot more.
Joke’s on you, I still use Firewire.
yeah that’s a good joke
USB condom!
Any government and crooks as well. Its been possible a lot longer than fifteen years.
Compromising computers with tech is nearly as old as computers themselves. The wireless aspect makes it more convenient but in no way is doing so new.
