USB Data Blocker: If you put your phone on charge as soon as you see a charging point at the airport, railway station or any mall, then this small mistake of yours can harm you. Nowadays, fraudsters take advantage of these USB charging points for the public and carry out attacks like juice jacking through the ports and steal important information like your password, bank details. To save you from this danger, there is a device called USB Condom which is also called USB Data Blocker. Can everyone buy this device, where can this device be purchased, how much does this device cost and what are the benefits of this device? We will give you answers to all these questions today.
What is USB condom and what are its benefits?
Many people also know it by the name USB Data Blocker, this small device is placed between the charging port and the phone during charging. It becomes very important to install it in a public place because current is supplied to the phone through this device but this device blocks the data transfer. This means that the phone will be charged but this device will stop juice jacking, which means that no important data like files, passwords, any important details will go out from your phone.
Who can buy USB condoms?
Before knowing how much this device costs and where you can buy this device, let us first know the answer to the question that who can buy it? Any person can buy this device, especially those people who charge their phones through public charging points should buy this device.
What is juice jacking?
This is a kind of cyber attack in which malware is inserted into your phone through a public USB port and all the data is stolen through this malware (virus). This danger is not visible but it can also cause huge loss to you. Not many cases related to juice jacking have come to light because whether it is iOS or Android, they also have strong security, but it is not that the threat has completely ended. You can use this small device on your phone, tablet, laptop etc.
Where is USB Data Blocker available and how much does it cost?
Before knowing the price, it is important to know from where it can be purchased. You can order this small device online from any e-commerce platform (Amazon) sitting at home. Talking about Amazon, as soon as you enter USB data blocker in the search, data blockers of different companies will start appearing in the search results.
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This device is being sold on Amazon at different prices. You will get this device from Amazon for Rs 999 to Rs 5000, but before buying any device, definitely check the reviews and ratings of people.
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