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I guess we should also avoid plugging our phone into the USB ports on airplane seats?


The race of media, ad, and other companies for one's attention and data is brutal. Especially when one is stuck in a seat for hours and only has a back of another seat in front of their face.


I've often wondered about this. Is $AIRLINE selling the traffic data? I wonder how much $NSFW is being consumed on planes?


that should go without saying: yes, you should avoid doing that.


You can use a power only cable.


Where can I get one and how can I verify it is what it says?


> Where can I get one

Yeah, people usually have the opposite problem. You just search for power-only cable.

> how can I verify

Plug it into your phone and your computer. None should see the other, but the phone should charge.

And then tag it, because having all kinds of cables exactly alike is the worst decision the USB designers ever made.


For USB-A, the pins are physically different.


plug your own charger into the power outlet




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