Public USB Charging Station Risk

Your phone is nearly dead at the airport, and there's a charging kiosk right there with a cable already hanging from it, ready to go. It's the kind of convenience nobody thinks twice about, until you actually look at what you're plugging into and who else might have access to that same port. Investigate the kiosk piece by piece: the missing wall outlet, the generic unbranded housing, the cable that isn't yours, and what "juice jacking" actually means for the data sitting on your phone. Then decide whether a nearly-dead battery is worth the risk, or whether there's a safer way to get through the next hour.