Not to mention possible death: http://www.righto.com/2012/03/inside-cheap-phone-charger-and-why-you.html http://www.righto.com/2012/05/apple-iphone-charger-teardown-quality.html
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 11:32:41AM -0800, Nick Kartsioukas wrote: > You're only paranoid until the first high-profile exploit/breach. > http://syncstop.com/ > http://int3.cc/blogs/news/9094591-usb-condoms > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015, at 11:16, Julian Y Koh wrote: > > On Tue Jan 27 2015 11:47:50 CST, "Odtohan, Cathi" <codto...@erikson.edu> > > wrote: > > > > > > At one point we considered something like KwikBoost charging stations > > > http://www.kwikboost.com/ > > > but people balked at the price. We did put a desktop multi-device charger > > > in the student commons area and locked it down to a tabletop. > > > > I think I’ve seen a few of those KwikBoost stations in our student > > center. > > > > I know I’m in the paranoid camp, but I wouldn’t trust a random USB > > charger these days. I carry my own AC adapter and USB cables and plug > > into 110V AC outlets only. I also have a Mophie Juice Pack for my phone > > that Apple decided to give me one day after they said they had kept me on > > hold for too long. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
