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Re: O.mg Cable

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A cable that costs $20 - $30 retail NEW doesn't seem worth risking jail time over.

You may be underestimating how significant $20-$30 is to some people. Edit: wording.

Are you suggesting a stolen cable brings the same sort of premium as a new one from Apple?

Regardless, I'm not suggesting this at all. My point is that there are likely ways to get something worth so little without risking significant jail time.

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#112

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Just park with your windows open if there's nothing they can really take. Repairing the window isn't with the cost or the time.

As clever as this idea sounds, it's not a good suggestion. I once accidentally left my windows down in SF for 12 hours and my car was essentially stripped clean - headrests, registration, proof of insurance, manual, floor mats - all gone. Additionally all my doors and trunk were wide open.

I guess I've never driven a nice enough car. I used to keep my windows down any time I parked along 8th/Harrison and fwiw nothing ever happened to my car, though there were obvious signs of folks rifling around inside. All my documents were kept in a locked glove compartment and I pretty much had nothing stealable in the car without having the car be cased.

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#113
post #48

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Just park with your windows open if there's nothing they can really take. Repairing the window isn't with the cost or the time.

Problem in San Francisco is, you'll get people sleeping in your car if you do that.

San Diego as well; happened to me Monday. Car didn't lock all the way (older car) and they try every handle.

Thankfully they didn't wreck the car or anything. Just laid the seat back.

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See also: C-to-C charger cables with Bluetooth remote activated dual payloads: https://sneaktechnology.com/product/usbninja-custom-type-c-t... I easily modified mine to mimmic Apple Keyboard USB IDs to avoid notifications. Works great! Cellular GPS tracking car charger: https://www.amazon.com/Charger-Locator-Professional-Listenin... Cellular GPS tracking USB charger cable: https://www.ebay.com/itm/223990414124 I have…

With growing car theft in the US I've been curious about implanting GPS trackers on my own older enthusiast vehicles. There appears to be many options on Amazon but I can't bring myself to trust any of them. Has anyone here gone down that road before?

AirTag

Re: O.mg Cable

#115

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Just park with your windows open if there's nothing they can really take. Repairing the window isn't with the cost or the time.

That might help in San Francisco, but in Seattle, that's lost hours dealing with a soaked interior.

Yeah this isn't for rainy or dusty environments for sure.

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#116

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Why is the NSA so good at coming up with sweet codenames for things? I swear it's someone's full time job there.

Far better names than Microsoft or IBM

Microsoft Integrated Microcomputer Plug-and-Play Cable Office 365 Extended Subscription for Workgroups 2021 Powered by Bing

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#117

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I'm in San Francisco, so not Seattle, but cars get broken into for the sport of it by this point. A friend's had her window broken and used, gross dog leashes and an old Nokia charger stolen. The lost hours of work to replace the window was the real cost to her dog walking business.

Just park with your windows open if there's nothing they can really take. Repairing the window isn't with the cost or the time.

And risk someone shitting in your car? No thanks.

Re: O.mg Cable

#118
This is one reason I prefer good old 3.5mm audio jacks in my phone. I have no fear of putting any headphones or adapter in that port.

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#119
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See also: C-to-C charger cables with Bluetooth remote activated dual payloads: https://sneaktechnology.com/product/usbninja-custom-type-c-t... I easily modified mine to mimmic Apple Keyboard USB IDs to avoid notifications. Works great! Cellular GPS tracking car charger: https://www.amazon.com/Charger-Locator-Professional-Listenin... Cellular GPS tracking USB charger cable: https://www.ebay.com/itm/223990414124 I have…

Am I missing something? The worst thing the cable can do is send HID commands, and snoop on traffic between your USB-connectable device and PC?

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#120
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Took me a moment to realise, but this is for keyboards, not iPhones. I don't think (?) anybody can access anything from an iPhone using an evil cable (using publicly-known attacks).

These are more general purpose than just those attacks, the author of the firmware has demo videos of cables attached to Android and iOS devices that when the payload runs they open the system browser and loads a specific page. Depending on what you can do with a web page at any given time on those devices it could be a springboard.

You could also do some passive/active data gathering. On Windows when you plug in an iOS device, if the device trusts the computer it will allow it to access all the photos and videos on the device. The cable it self could then start grabbing those images and sending them over the WiFi link. I don't know if these cables support that, but the concept is valid.

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