Use ‘USB Condom’ To Protect Your Phone From Malware And Cyber Attacks, Know Its Benefits, Price And Much More

While traveling, charging the phone is a big challenge. Travelers use unknown charging points at trains, hotels, or local restaurants. If you are among those people who charge their phone at random charging ports, then you must be aware that these charging points can put malware into your phone which can impact your data or may scam you. 

To protect from such a scam, users can use a ‘USB Condom’. This is a special type of cable used for charging. 

What is a USB Condom? 

USB condoms are a type of dongle or cable that can be used while charging phones with unknown random charging points. The USB Condom blocks data transfer through the USB connection. 

USB Condoms or power-only cables can be the easiest way to keep users’ phones safe. Users can use these USB Condoms at hotels, airports, railway stations, or any random charging point without any worry of cyber fraud. 

Advantages of USB Condom 

USB Condoms are precautionary devices that prevent malware from entering the device. The benefit of using it is that users can charge their device safely at public charging points or with random chargers without any risk of losing data or getting scammed. 

By using USB Condom, both device and users’ privacy remain fully protected. In the contemporary world, cybercrime and hacking are too common, and to secure your smartphone and its valuable data is very important and to protect this USB Condom is a great tool. 

How to use USB Condom 

There are two types of USB condoms available in Indian market 

Both the variant performs the same job that is charging users’ phone or other device without allowing any other data transfer. If a user is using a power-only dongle, they need to connect it to their phone or tablet for charging cable. This blocks the data transfer feature of the cable, whereas the cable variant works like a normal charging cable. 

The price of USB condoms starts at Rs.1,500 on Amazon.