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Charging cables seem like one of the most innocent accessories on phones and the ones that do their job without any complications: you plug it into the light, connect it to the phone and it charges.

It turns out that they can now be used to steal information from you without your even realizing it.

We are facing a new generation of physical devices that can compromise almost everything that happens on a mobile phone to which it is connected and one more reason not to trust anyone who lends you a phone charger.

It is the same that already happens with USB chargers or even USB sockets that are in bars or on public transport: do not trust them because they may have been modified to infect your mobile or steal information.

Its creator, a developer nicknamed MG, has dubbed it the OMG cable, a nod to the expression of surprise and disgust 'Oh my god' (oh my god 'in English).

The modified cable to charge the iPhone can intercept information because it contains a receiver chip and a wireless transmitter that communicates with a nearby phone or computer up to a maximum distance of 1.5 kilometers.

The most impressive thing is that, in appearance, it is exactly the same as the cable with which an iPhone is charged.

Its creator originally presented it as a blueprint in 2019, but it is now completely ready and has been demonstrated in various videos on YouTube.

The intentions of the creator of the cable are positive: he wants to sell them for just the opposite, as an additional security measure;

But in the right hands, both malicious hackers and state spy agencies, a cable that goes unnoticed but broadcasts information at a distance is something with enormous potential.

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