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[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 60 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Gotta love troubleshooting your data connection before you realize you grabbed a power only cable.

[–] Anticorp 24 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Such things should not be allowed to exist.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 38 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No, there's a good reason for them to exist, but they should be marked as such.

[–] Anticorp 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What's the reason? A slightly cheaper cable where data isn't needed?

[–] Sparkega 61 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Eliminates a malicious threat vector. Gives you piece of mind to charge your devices without worry that what you connect to is going to interact with your device.

[–] InformalTrifle 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sparkega 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’ll give you a piece of my mind.

Just kidding. Thanks for the correction

[–] InformalTrifle 1 points 9 months ago

Your funny 🙂

[–] eyeon 26 points 9 months ago

it's also safer when wanting to charge from untrusted chargers, though you can still get an adapter to block the data pins or just bring your own wall charger/battery when traveling

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

I think power only cables should exist because they are significantly cheaper, but they should have some kind of marking to differentiate them enforced by the standard

[–] Zamundaaa@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 months ago

They are afaik not allowed to exist with USB C. And except for some very few very sketchy manufacturers, it's also luckily not a thing in practice.