The cord is detected as a "computer" and tracks “favorite videos, videos watched, and bookmarks,” as well as “Location Data, Sensor Data, Tracking Cookies Data, and Installed Apps Data.”
  • Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    162·
    2 years ago

    Ironically he also has tiktok, instagram and X on his phone. Not sure if this dongle is gonna make a difference… lol

    • jadero@lemmy.ca
      2·
      2 years ago

      Someone somewhere has to get it posted where people will see it. It might as well be the researcher.

  • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
    4·
    2 years ago

    It’s crazy how much processing power you can put in a chip that fits inside a USB connector these days. This thing has a huge body that can fit a larger circuit board, but that may nit always be the case.

    This is why you should only buy data cables from trusted vendors and never use any left behind by a stranger. Amazon’s quality control is so bad that you probably shouldn’t trust them at all. An old trick for hacking a company is to drop a few flash drives in the parking lot, but these days just a USB cable suffices. The more expensive bad cables can even set up a WiFi network for remote control!

  • Turducken@mander.xyz
    737·
    2 years ago

    Breaking news: Man who has Instagram, Twitter, ans TikTok installed on his phone complains about an HDMi adapter that invaded his privacy.