When HN users recommended it
1 HN user recommended this in 2021, in one comment.
20072026
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Charger Locator Professional Listening Surveillance
Amazon's catalog no longer lists this product (checked 2026-11-02). The name comes from the link HN users posted.
See also:
C-to-C charger cables with Bluetooth remote activated dual payloads: https://sneaktechnology.com/product/usbninja-custom-type-c-t...
I easily modified mine to mimmic Apple Keyboard USB IDs to avoid notifications. Works great!
Cellular GPS tracking car charger: https://www.amazon.com/Charger-Locator-Professional-Listenin...
Cellular GPS tracking USB charger cable: https://www.ebay.com/itm/223990414124
I have been making, collecting, and testing toys like this for more than a decade.
It is a race to the bottom on price now.
Your best defense for USB code execution attacks is use Linux with USBGuard or QubesOS with the default USB quarantine VM.
Windows and Mac users are currently easy targets. I don't know of any good defenses there.