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Any security risk for letting stranger use your spare portable battery pack?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacDefender" data-source="post: 998544" data-attributes="member: 83059"><p>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. </p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacDefender, post: 998544, member: 83059"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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