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Tech Talk: What is USB Debugging and should you enable it?
It's a risk that could be worth taking.
(Image credit: Brady Snyder / Android Central)Long story short: I got on the line with one of those jewels of a representative who was certain he knew what was wrong and how we could fix it. I have seen an airport charging kiosk being torn apart in Oakland because someone popped a Raspberry Pi-like mini computer inside it that would attempt to pull data from your phone when you plugged it in. I mitigate some risks by using the right cables when I'm not using my own charger, and if my phone is "lost" for more than 10 minutes, I'll wipe everything through Google's Find Hub thingy.
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