USB Condom protects your devices from nasty ports

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USB Condom protects your devices from nasty ports

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http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/13/47264 ... ce-jacking
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Simple enough. I actually don't plug my devices into other computers or anything for that matter.
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that's a good idea,,
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I see them all the time in the airports, USB ports on walls and charging stations, but rarely do I see people using them. Instead they have a wart of some kind that goes into the Edison socket that converts it to usb.
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