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		StrangeATractor on April 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FBI is warning people against using public phone-c... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BadUSB

upofadown on April 12, 2023 [–]

BadUSB emulates a keyboard. So one would want to make sure that the phone was locked before hooking it up to a random charging port. Android exploit demo here:

* https://github.com/caioau/badUSB-Targeting-Android

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