Planning to travel? No doubt you'll have your cell phone or another portable device, and you'll need to re-charge it at some point.
If your battery is running low, be aware that juicing up your electronic device at free USB port charging stations, such as those found in airports and hotel lobbies, might have unfortunate consequences. You could become a victim of "juice jacking," yet another cyber-theft tactic.
Cybersecurity experts warn that bad actors can load malware onto public USB charging stations to maliciously access electronic devices while they are being charged. Malware installed through a corrupted USB port can lock a device or export personal data and passwords directly to the perpetrator. Criminals can then use that information to access online accounts or sell it to other bad actors. Read more here.
Personally, I don't think my iPhone(s) have ever been compromised, but you can never know for sure. I've used a USB charging port at a couple of airports in Europe and never experienced a problem to my knowledge. Has anyone in the forum had their smartphone corrupted with malware and wondered how it happened?
As Albert Einstein said, "I could have done so much more with a Big Al's Computer!".
