Comment on Ask HN: iPad says USB accessory detected when plugging into powerComments−barnabees4yThere could be something shady going on but I've seen this message occasionally with my OEM cable. Realistically, what could a secret device in your cable do?−ridgered44yCouldn't it be a keyboard that delivered a set of keystrokes to retrieve malware by opening a web browser or some other common program?−derkades4yAct as a keyboard ("rubber ducky"), retrieve pictures if allowed, exploit some zero day, ...
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There could be something shady going on but I've seen this message occasionally with my OEM cable. Realistically, what could a secret device in your cable do?
Couldn't it be a keyboard that delivered a set of keystrokes to retrieve malware by opening a web browser or some other common program?
Act as a keyboard ("rubber ducky"), retrieve pictures if allowed, exploit some zero day, ...