Advice Request Any security risk for letting stranger use your spare portable battery pack?

[ng4ever]

Except for them not giving it back and stealing it I guess.

 

[motox781]

Define "Security Risk"? What are your worries?

 

[SpiderWeb]

Very little risk to zero risk unless that person is a government spy.

 

[MacDefender]

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.