Any security risk for letting stranger use your spare portable battery pack?
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- Aug 21, 2020
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Very little risk to zero risk unless that person is a government spy.
I mean, theoretically sure there is a security risk. They could modify it physically or change the firmware on it (if applicable) to then become malicious and exploit your device.
Do you feel someone would attempt such a hack? Most of the commercially viable implementations of these are for law enforcement (like the GrayKey) and cost a lot of money for the hardware and each usage, and the ones we currently know about do not fit within a portable battery pack.
So since you asked a yes or no question, yes there is risk. But it’s highly unlikely. But you probably still shouldn’t let strangers use your electronics, especially unattended.
Do you feel someone would attempt such a hack? Most of the commercially viable implementations of these are for law enforcement (like the GrayKey) and cost a lot of money for the hardware and each usage, and the ones we currently know about do not fit within a portable battery pack.
So since you asked a yes or no question, yes there is risk. But it’s highly unlikely. But you probably still shouldn’t let strangers use your electronics, especially unattended.
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