When lockdown mode is enabled in Android 15, USB data access will be disabled, preventing potential "juice jacking" attacks.

Points taken from article:

  • Android 15 is adding a built-in mechanism to protect your device from “juice jacking” attacks.
  • Charging will be allowed when lockdown mode is enabled in Android 15, but USB data access will not.
  • Juice jacking is a largely theoretical problem you don’t really need to worry about, but it’s still nice that Android will protect you against it.
      • JimVanDeventer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        25·
        5 months ago

        Just in case you are joking (or people think you are) those do exist. Basically a dongle with only the power pins on each end.

        • erwan@lemmy.mlEnglish
          12·
          5 months ago

          This is only useful if you’re not using your own cable. Otherwise you can simply use a “power only” cable.

          • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            2·
            5 months ago

            There are some that do power negotiation on the input side, and then power negotiation on the output side so you can have your cake and firewall it too.

      • scrion@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        5 months ago

        Not necessarily, if you find an exploit that allows you to install malware without user interaction, Mactans famously did that for an older iOS version.

        I’d still argue that making good use of such an exploit and rolling out the necessary, physical infrastructure does not have a great cost/reward ratio.

        • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Just put up a free charging station or an outlet with a USB port in a hotel and you got yourself free USB connections to phones.

          I can never bring myself to connect to those things.

          • scrion@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            Sure. But the number of targets you could acquire there is miniscule compared to simpler delivery mechanisms, via a malicious app download, for example, and you have larger costs (hardware) and added risks, e. g. being captured on CCTV during installation.

            That’s why I said, the cost/reward ratio is really off.