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With USB-C, even plugging in can set you up to be hacked

  • Written by Jeremy Straub, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, North Dakota State University
Could this plug bring both power and peril?Alexander Evgenyevich/Shutterstock.com

Plugging in the power – or at least what you think is power – to a USB-C powered laptop can connect your computer, and the valuable personal data on it, directly to hackers. Your personal financial information, passwords and documents stored on the laptop...

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