Cenk Uygur
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WARNING: Don't Use Public Phone Chargers
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February 18, 2017
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February 18, 2017
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3:37Now PlayingPublic phone chargers are NOT a good idea. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich, and Francis Maxwell, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell you why you shouldn’t use them. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“I know the feeling: Your battery is low, but you have to keep tweeting. You see a USB port or an outlet in public, plug in your device and feel the sweet relief of your phone charging.
That comfort could be shattered by an invisible attacker collecting information while your phone is plugged in to a hacked outlet.
"Just by plugging your phone into a [compromised] power strip or charger, your device is now infected, and that compromises all your data," Drew Paik of security firm Authentic8 explained. Authentic8 makes Silo, a secure browser that anonymizes web activity.
Public charging stations and wi-fi access points are found in places like airports, planes, conference centers and parks, so people can always have access to their phones and data. But connecting your phone to an unknown port has its risks.”
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Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich, Francis Maxwell
Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich, Francis Maxwell
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