You can now buy one for yourself online. https://shop.hak5.org/products/omg-cable

Not just the US government, anyone has been able to do this for years

You might be interested in the full Snowden leak

https://github.com/iamcryptoki/snowden-archive

We found out 15 years ago the hardware is probably older

Pro Tip: Leave a unique mark somewhere on the cable so if someone switches it, you can tell it apart. Always check for the mark before you use the cable, every time.

(Yes I actually do this, I'm paranoid)

This is pretty much the reason I exclusively use dollar store cables and/or dedicated chargers. Saw a yt video about these things at an airport. The more I learn about tech, the more it makes me wanna uncle Ted the fuck out.

I knew about these, but always thought I could spot them.

I wouldn't!!!

Anyone can do this.

USB condoms for charging exist for a reason.

You can see a CT scan of one of these

https://www.techspot.com/news/105863-usb-c-cable-can-hide-lot-malicious-hardware.html

Ya no definitely. Anything just not a health care for people

Dude, we’ve been able to do that with a fucking arduino for years.

https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/161/

There's a darknet episode about these cables

You can just buy them

https://shop.hak5.org/products/omg-cable

There is also the whole "Bad USB" type of vulns that is pretty scary...

I've been using wireless chargers for years. I find it "more secure" in the sense that my phone's port is full of gunk and if I want to wake up with full batteries I can count on wireless a lot more.

Any government and crooks as well. Its been possible a lot longer than fifteen years.

Compromising computers with tech is nearly as old as computers themselves. The wireless aspect makes it more convenient but in no way is doing so new.

I am not terribly worried about USB/thunderbolt attacks since Android requires authentication before it does anything.

Joke's on you, I still use Firewire.

Don't worry, I'm pretty sure TAO won't bother to bug your cables since the NSA already has the data they want on you anyway lol

USB condom!

Impressive and spooky.

America has a governmental deparment of CSS? No wonder your government is causing a Constant State of Suffering

and all the scary propaganda they used about HUWEI tech, yea sure the ccp is doing it, but they are likely not an immediate threat unlike the usa doing it.