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New software can tell if you're using bad USB Type-C cables
Subpar USB Type-C cables could fry your devices -- just ask that Google engineer who tested a few and ended up losing a Chromebook Pixel 2 to a particularly bad one. In an effort to protect users, the USB Implementers Forum, a non-profit org that certifies USB cables, has developed a cryptographic-based authentication protocol. A device that has been updated or released with the protocol will be able to tell if the cable plugged into it has been approved by the organization before taking any other action.
