{"id":8611,"date":"2023-05-01T16:03:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T20:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/?p=9800"},"modified":"2023-05-01T19:44:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T23:44:34","slug":"juice-jacking-returns-to-the-news-but-still-hasnt-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/juice-jacking-returns-to-the-news-but-still-hasnt-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cJuice Jacking\u201d Returns to the News but Still Hasn\u2019t Happened"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much has been made in the media about a recent FBI warning<\/a> about \u201cjuice jacking<\/a>,\u201d the theoretical act of installing malware on or stealing data from an iPhone connected to a public charging station. Researchers first demonstrated juice jacking in 2011 at the Defcon security conference.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s no harm in following the FBI\u2019s advice, but why raise the topic now? When questioned by the fact-checking site Snopes<\/a>, the Denver office of the FBI said it was a standard public-service announcement tweet.<\/p>\n

More importantly, there\u2019s no indication that there\u2019s any reason to worry. The security site Krebs On Security<\/a> quoted one of the original juice jacking researchers as saying that he isn\u2019t aware of any public accounts of a juice jacking kiosk existing in a public place outside of a security conference.<\/p>\n

Making the risk of juice jacking even less concerning are security changes that Apple has made to iOS and iPadOS. Now, when you connect a device to a USB charger or device that does anything beyond providing power, you\u2019ll see a prompt asking if you trust it. Given that there are no documented instances of juice jacking outside of a demonstration, it\u2019s highly improbable that you\u2019d get such a prompt when connecting to a public charging station, but if that were to happen, tap Don\u2019t Trust and unplug your device immediately.<\/p>\n

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To block all possibility of juice jacking, you could:<\/p>\n