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[–] Anticorp 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Such things should not be allowed to exist.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] Anticorp 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] Sparkega 61 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Sparkega 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ll give you a piece of my mind.

Just kidding. Thanks for the correction

[–] InformalTrifle 1 points 1 year ago

Your funny 🙂

[–] eyeon 26 points 1 year 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year 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.