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Buzz Feed
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Funny And Relatable Tweets About Airport Security
Airport security is no doubt a very serious matter. TSA checkpoints and guidelines are in place to keep us all safe as we fly. But as the rules and technology have evolved, the passenger experience going through security has inevitably led to some hilarious moments. The funny folks of Twitter think so, anyway. We've rounded up 31 funny and relatable tweets about the airport security process, from strange searches to bizarre passenger behavior and more. to the woman who took a bite out of her chapstick in the airport security line: why you did that — Kristen Arnett (@Kristen_Arnett) November 21, 2018 i dont simply go through airport security. i have a goal. i want everyone in line to be blown away by my efficiency. i want to be celebrated as i push my belongings across the table. i want TSA to offer me a job (i'll decline). i want people talking about me at their gate. glory. — shelby wolstein (@ShelbyWolstein) April 26, 2022 I think when I finally die and go to hell its just going to be a constant loop of waiting in the airport security line hungover — Jamie Fline (@allidois_flynn) September 2, 2019 I hope the TSA agent who made me open my sandwich and 'move the pickles around' feels super stupid. In the end it was a sandwich. — Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) September 19, 2022 TSA agent: do you have anything in your back pockets? me: nah girl that's all me — tracy clayton jr the 3rd (@brokeymcpoverty) November 9, 2017 The most zen place in the airport is the 'get your shit together' bench after going through security — Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) January 13, 2019 TSA Agent: Anything sharp or dangerous in here? Me: Only if you fear the written word 😏 😏 *finger guns* TSA: 😐 Me: 😬 TSA: 🤨 Me: No, ma'am, nothing sharp or dangerous. — Lesley Nneka Arimah (@larimah) March 29, 2018 Since they're scanning me anyway, sometimes I wish airport security would just tell me how my bone density is doing — Atsuko Okatsuka (@AtsukoComedy) March 29, 2018 I can help you get through airport security 30% faster - just get in any line other than the one I am in. — 〰 Just Linda 〰 (@LindaInDisguise) December 7, 2017 can't stop thinking about the time I watched a woman try to put her dog through the airport security scanner and the tsa agent picked it up and was like 'ma'am no' — sloane (sîpihkopiyesîs) (@cottoncandaddy) July 1, 2019 TSA checking baggages the day before Valentine's: — ✨️💫🖤Beloved🖤💫✨️ (@MoonGoddess_86) February 7, 2022 TSA: Girl [with pierced nipples]: sorry I have my nipples pierced TSA: the metal detector didn't even go off- Girl: it didn't even hurt as much as you'd think — 1984's George Whorewell (@EwdatsGROSS) April 4, 2019 TSA just unpacked a man's bag and revealed it was 50% potatoes, is there no privacy in this world — worms cited (@christapeterso) May 23, 2021 Avoided saying 'You too' after the TSA guy told me to have a nice flight — Elspeth Eastman (@ElspethEastman) December 7, 2017 Me: Excuse me sir, can you please forward my X-ray and breast exam results to my doctor Airport security:... — Saucy Kensington (@Book_Krazy) August 11, 2014 just used TSA PreCheck for the first time & now this is a pic of me — Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) October 24, 2017 ppl who go through airport security w naked, unsocked feet: HOW??!!! y'all just put your feet on the lil yellow things and soak up the foot juices of THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE??? — tracy clayton jr the 3rd (@brokeymcpoverty) September 9, 2019 tsa agent: sorry you can only board with 3.4 oz of liquid or less me: ok just toss it out then Kool Aid Man: *dressed in tommy bahama* babe what — jo (@whatsJo) November 27, 2021 me before going through security at airport: what if i accidentally have a gun — Natalie (@jbfan911) June 21, 2019 Probably the hottest thing a person can do is move efficiently through the TSA security line. — Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) February 28, 2015 Apparently when TSA asks if you have any fluids, "In my bladder" is not an appropriate response. — Fishy Snowboarder (@FishySnowborder) April 6, 2014
Fox News
a day ago
- General
- Fox News
What foods does TSA allow travelers to bring in carry-on luggage for flights?
"Grey's Anatomy" star Ellen Pompeo recently revealed how a healthy snack she had with her for a flight was flagged by airport security and led to an incident. "I had a bag of sunflower seeds, like organic sunflower seeds from Erewhon, so they were probably the most expensive sunflower seeds money can buy," Pompeo recently told Travel + Leisure. The snack food, which she had in her travel bag during a flight in March, caught the attention of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Pompeo told the magazine, and resulted in her spending an hour in a room with the bomb squad. "They said it was most likely a chemical on the packaging of these super-expensive, fancy, organic, clean sunflower seeds," Pompeo said, adding that she almost missed her flight. The revelation comes after Chloe Gray, a passenger on a flight from New Jersey to California, was stopped by TSA earlier this month for using a whole rotisserie chicken as her carry-on luggage. Gray said she was able to fly after convincing a TSA officer that it was her "designer bag." Although many foods are allowed in carry-on bags, there are a few rules travelers should know when it comes to bringing snacks on a flight. TSA guidelines state that all food must be in containers no larger than 3.4 ounces and should fit inside a quart-sized bag. Most outside solid foods are permitted on flights, while liquid-based foods are typically limited to checked luggage. Examples of approved food allowed in the cabin of a plane are sandwiches, granola bars, hard cheeses, candy, baked goods like muffins or cookies, dry snacks like chips and cereal without milk, meat and fast food like pizza or fried chicken, per the TSA's website. Foods that are not permitted include yogurt, peanut butter, jams and jellies, and soups. Syrups and gravies are also considered liquid-based foods by the TSA. Breast milk, formula and baby food are permitted as carry-on items when flying, but they must be declared and could be subject to additional screening, according to the agency. Fresh fruits and vegetables are allowed on domestic flights, but international flights could vary depending on the country. Some countries could restrict fruits, vegetables, meats and dairy products. Unopened sodas less than or equal to 3.4 ounces are allowed, according to the TSA website, while open sodas will be confiscated. Alcohol is also not allowed in carry-on luggage. "TSA officers may instruct travelers to separate items from carry-on bags such as foods, powders, and any materials that can clutter bags and obstruct clear images on the X-ray machine," the website states. "Travelers are encouraged to organize their carry-on bags and keep them uncluttered to ease the screening process and keep the lines moving." Final decisions on what is permitted on flights is at the discretion of TSA officers.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Health
- Yahoo
I Stayed At Work While Miscarrying. What I Learned After Shocked Me.
It was late at night at the airport where I was waiting to be picked up. Red and white lights twinkled from airplanes, from towers. I was tired. With my carry-on in one hand and my work bag in the other, I searched the line of cars as blood soaked through my pad. 'Can I go through that?' I asked the TSA agent at the body scanner, three days earlier. 'I'm pregnant!' I had just found out I was halfway through the first trimester. I didn't know what to tell my friends and family, but I loved to share the news with strangers. I'd also told the head of HR at the design agency where I worked. 'I think I'll need an intern... or a boss?' I said. I'd joined the agency as their 28-year-old intern, and not even a year later, I was managing all the brand strategy and copywriting projects mostly on my own, while occasionally reporting to the chief marketing officer. 'Let's not get too ahead of ourselves,' the HR manager answered. I told her I understood. It was the second year of the pandemic, and we'd just come off another wave of layoffs and lost business. I was grateful to be employed, and to have the health insurance that came with it, but my heart hammered in my chest whenever I thought about balancing this job with pregnancy, and maybe later, motherhood. Sitting on the tarmac at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, the three days in Cincinnati stretched gloomily before me. Even so, I couldn't deny how free I felt heading away from home. 'I'm telling you,' the father said before I left. 'If you get an abortion, we're done.' I held my tongue a lot back then, so I didn't mention I had scheduled one the day after my first prenatal appointment. I wanted this baby, but I was unsure if we would be able to co-parent together, or if I could figure out how to balance work and parenting on my own. And while I waited to see which reality would reveal itself first, I took my prenatal vitamins and let myself — when I usually don't let myself — be excited. 'It's our first trip together,' I sang to the baby in the shower in the Airbnb in Cincinnati. The bathroom's yellow light shone on the curve of my stomach. I imagined the curve expanding and the baby growing in there. It would be a lie if I said it didn't make me feel a little less lonely. The next morning, I walked to the office downtown. Pregnancy meant I could smell everything. Intensely. It was a few days before Halloween, and I was overpowered by the scent of fallen leaves, the soil, the soil inside the soil, and in the air, I smelled the hints of the summer that had left and the winter that was to come. 'This is a big deal, you guys,' the CMO said. He and my favorite co-worker, a creative director, had also flown in so we could join the three men on the Cincinnati team. While the CMO and the creative director were on other projects, I'd be leading an important meeting for a new client — one of our first after a string of rejected business proposals and frozen projects. Despite the small number of clients, we were still swamped with work, and through the course of the day, the in-person meeting was moved to Zoom, and, one by one, the Cincinnati team could no longer attend the call. 'It'll just be you,' the CMO said. 'All good,' I answered, and gave my stomach a small hug. I pictured the eyelash, the lentil, growing in there. 'No, you all go ahead. I don't really want to go out,' I tried to beg off. My legs ached, and I longed to go to bed, as happy hour plans were being made. 'Why? Are you pregnant or something?' the Cincinnati designer asked. Evading a direct answer, I smiled and kept smiling as we went from bar to bar, the sticky beer smell running rancid in my nose. I woke up the next morning and something was off. My heightened sense of smell — it was gone. I went to use the bathroom and heard a splash. What had fallen was brown, and small, and shaped like a thumb. Blood spun like lace in the water. No amount of research convinced me whether this was 'normal light spotting' or something more serious, so I slipped a pad on my underwear and continued getting dressed. I zipped up my carry-on and lugged it behind me for my flight later that day. At the office, I replaced my blood-soaked pad with another. Looking back, I couldn't tell you how long I waited at my desk, trying to decide whether I should or shouldn't go to the hospital, or if I could or couldn't lead the meeting first. 'And I've already emailed you my notes,' I rehearsed to myself, imagining myself asking for help. But the longer I deliberated, the more I lost my nerve. My Outlook chimed: 15 minutes. Most of the meeting is blotted out from my mind — how I introduced myself, what we talked about. 'Let me just email you some examples,' I remember saying again and again, trying to offer something to end the meeting. After all, this brand is their baby, I justified to myself. The creative director held my hand in the Uber on the way to the ER. 'Should we have brought our bags?' I asked. 'Don't worry about that now,' she replied. So much about being a woman is waiting: waiting your turn for a promotion, waiting for the right time to bring something up in your relationships, waiting in hospital beds everywhere — if you're lucky enough to make it to one. There are about 1 million reported miscarriages in the United States every year, and there have been over 100 reported cases of pregnant women being turned away from emergency rooms since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. 'Has it always looked this way?' the ER doctor asked me. The speculum he'd pulled out from between my legs was dripping with blood so bright it looked fake. 'I don't know,' I answered, panicking. 'I was working.' He left to take the sample to be tested and I received an ultrasound. As I was wheeled out, I craned my neck to check the screen. I didn't know what I was looking at, but my body knew before my mind that something was wrong. 'We took a peek at the ultrasound,' the nurse said gently, the ER doctor at his side. The creative director and I waited. 'There was a sac, but not a fetus.' It was a blighted ovum, a type of miscarriage where there's not enough genetic material to turn the egg into an embryo. 'There was nothing you could do,' the ER doctor told me. Nothing? I could have done everything differently. I thought about the six weeks I had been pregnant without knowing. And before that, all the years I treated my body as if it were a skipped meals, the endless caffeine. The nights I stayed up late, and the mornings I woke up early, or the hours in between spent tossing and turning, thinking about work, as my heart and mind raced. And for what? To design packaging — which, if we're being honest, is just more landfill. 'You'll have to stay so we can make sure all the tissue comes out and you don't get an infection,' the doctor added. I felt the creative director trying not to check the clock on the wall, the same one I'd been staring at for hours. 'I don't think we can wait,' I answered. 'Our flight is this afternoon.' We made it to the airport in time for me to change into sweatpants in the bathroom. As I threw my blood-stained tights into the trash, I realized what was off about the gaping black oval on the ultrasound. I hadn't been bonding with a baby. I had been bonding with nothing. The sky was bruised blue when I woke up in my own bed the next day. 'Take all the time you need,' the HR manager's message read. Empty words, and we both knew it. I pulled my laptop into bed and emailed the client like I promised I would. Then whole days went by where I watched the sky lighten and darken through the rips in the blinds. I stopped bleeding on Halloween and the laughter of the trick-or-treaters floated up to me through the window. The father held my stomach while we slept, and it was one of the last moments of tenderness we had. It would take months to change jobs and leave the father. Near the baby's due date, Roe v. Wade was overturned. 'Having it all is like toxic masculinity for women,' writer and educator Lisa Mangini tells me over Zoom. I'm in my new apartment — the first time I've ever lived alone — and I'm interviewing women who have had similar experiences with miscarrying at work. Mangini was a teacher and experienced what is referred to as a 'missed miscarriage.' At first, her body exhibited no signs of pregnancy loss, and it was only after receiving bloodwork that she realized her pregnancy hormones were falling. Her doctor prescribed mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill, to help her pass the nonviable pregnancy and prevent the risk of infection or other complications. While Mangini had originally decided to wait until winter break to administer her dose, her body had other plans, and she had to cancel her class and take her pill right away. 'I pretended like it was any other day,' she says, recalling that she ordered takeout while bleeding and cramping on the couch. 'I was grateful I had an office with a door,' Sofia Ali-Khan tells me about her pregnancy loss. She is the author of 'A Good Country: My Life in Twelve Towns and the Devastating Battle for a White America,' but at that time, she was a lawyer and had used up all her leave while moving to a new home. She had no choice but to stay at work as she suffered intense cramping and passed the nonviable pregnancy without medical supervision. 'I worked the rest of the day, though,' she clarifies. 'Being a classroom teacher during a crisis is dicey — you're responsible for 25-30 kids only one digit old, and everyone in the building is doing something, so coverage or help is hard to get,' writer and retired schoolteacher Ann Morgan writes to me in a shared Google Doc. 'I had no support from my department, none,' a Ph.D. student who wishes to remain anonymous tells me. She miscarried during an especially stressful time teaching students and defending her dissertation at a university in the southern United States. 'Mifepristone wasn't available at my regular pharmacy, and I had to go to two others until I could finally get it,' she says. 'The pharmacist actually came out and gave me a hug, saying she knew what I was going through.' Despite the prevalence and horror of these stories, there are no nationally codified polices that recognize miscarriage as a traumatic physical and emotional event — or help those experiencing this loss to heal. 'I had generic support,' Mangini reflects, 'but I wished for something more specific — 'Here's the policy for when you're passing a miscarriage.'' Ali-Khan adds, 'I really wish that pregnancy came with its own set of personal leave time and money, whether or not it results in a child, so that I could have taken care of myself properly.' 'I had to use sick leave that I'd rather not have lost because of a loss,' Morgan writes, broaching the nuanced issue of whether miscarriage falls under sick leave or bereavement leave. (It should be both, or fall under its own category entirely.) Some countries, such as New Zealand and the United Kingdom, have put forward legislation for miscarriage leave, but it's only for three days, which is the absolute minimum a person would need, at least physically, if their miscarriage goes 'right.' (Spoiler: This is rarely the case, and often there are unexpected complications that require multiple follow-up medical appointments.) The emotional toll can be even more difficult to manage and last much longer. 'The hormonal cascade of losing a pregnancy is one of the most intense things I've ever experienced — like falling off a cliff,' Ali-Khan remarks. Mangini agrees: 'It was certainly one of those 'before and after' events that extraordinarily disrupted my life.' The anonymous student I spoke with had her miscarriage in a similar time frame as I did (approximately a year before our interview), and we're still brought to tears when discussing our experiences. These stories demonstrate the vastly negative impact of miscarriage at the workplace. All of us, except for Mangini, now work in entirely different fields. 'I'm definitely more discerning [about] what extracurriculars I'll pick up at work,' Mangini shares. 'I don't feel the pressure to achieve or the fear of missing out if I don't apply to every single thing like I did before.' The anonymous Ph.D. student echoes those feelings. 'For the first time in my life, I'm prioritizing my rest,' she says. The data, though burgeoning, is also alarming. A recent study found the economic devastation of miscarriage to be roughly $611 million per year in the United Kingdom. (No comparable study has been done in the United States.) Another study found that women who had miscarriages worked fewer hours the year they experienced their loss and then up to 200 hours less per year thereafter. 'Capitalism needs workers. It also needs consumers and soldiers,' wrote the feminist scholar Silvia Federici. It's no surprise that Donald Trump hails himself as the 'Fertilization President'while billionaire Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance spout hateful rhetoric about women — calling them 'childless cat ladies' or encouraging them to 'breed' —without also putting forth actionable change to improve the conditions of pregnancy, childbirth and more, these conditions have become even more dangerous as mifepristone becomes harder to come by and hospitals in conservative states turn women away while miscarrying. Women are in a 'double bind of mechanization,' Federici writes, where they are forced to contribute to today's workforce while bearing the burden of creating tomorrow's workforce. As this becomes more unsustainable, we've experienced declining birth rates not only in the U.S. but also across the world. It's been four years since my miscarriage. The gaping black hole of my ultrasound image still visits me, but less often than before. It changes shape: I wasn't bonding with nothing, I was bonding with myself. I was bringing to term a new consciousness — my true first-born — who I must raise with all the love and care I'd imagined I'd give to a baby. My grief changes shape, and my healing: they're not only personal, they're political, too. S. Ferdowsi is a writer continuing her work on miscarriage. If you've had a similar experience and would like to be interviewed, please contact her on Instagram at @sferdowsi27. Find more of her nonfiction in Best of the Net, The Rumpus, the 2nd Story podcast and the anthology Millennial Feminism at Work. Do you have a compelling personal story you'd like to see published on HuffPost? Find out what we're looking for here and send us a pitch at pitch@ When I Was 6, My Parents Gave Me A Christmas Gift. None Of Us Knew It Would Change The Course Of My Life. An 88-Year-Old Woman Was Brought To My ER. When Her Family Told Me Why, I Was Stunned. 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Economic Times
a day ago
- Business
- Economic Times
DOGE's latest action amid crackdown on federal spending days after Elon Musk quits Trump team
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) deactivated 523,000 federal credit cards after a 13-week audit aimed at curbing government spending. This comes merely two days after DOGE chief Elon Musk quit the Trump administration. This initiative, launched by President Trump and led by Elon Musk, targeted non-essential expenses across 32 agencies. While supporters claim it reduces waste, critics argue it disrupts essential services, as seen with TSA's bomb-sniffing dog unit purchases. Elon Musk, the head of DOGE, has confirmed that he is stepping away from the White House, where he has served as a senior adviser to the president. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads DOGE freezes employees' credit cards Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Two days after tech billionaire Elon Musk left the Trump administration, the Department of Government Efficiency DOGE ) has announced the cancellation of more than half a million government credit cards amid its crackdown on federal spending. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, DOGE said it had deactivated 523,000 credit cards following a 13-week cancellations include credit cards from various federal agencies—including NASA, the General Services Administration; the Office of Personnel Management; and the departments of the Treasury, Education, Interior, Commerce, Agriculture and State."After 13 weeks, the program to audit unused/unneeded credit cards across 32 agencies has resulted in ~523k de-activated cards. As a reminder, at the start of the audit, there were ~4.6M active cards/accounts - we are now expanding the program to more agencies, as there is much more work to do," the post Ryan, the founder of told Newsweek in March: "These aren't your typical consumer credit cards. We're looking at lifelines for federal agencies—cards that keep the lights on, quite literally. Need to book a last-minute flight for a critical meeting? There's a card for that. Emergency maintenance part for a military vehicle? Yep, another card. Office supplies for a research lab working on something that could change the world? You guessed it—another card."In February, Trump's executive order froze almost all agency employee credit cards, with the exception of those who used them for "disaster relief or natural disaster response benefits or operations or other critical services." Agency heads and DOGE leaders also permitted categorical and individual exemptions to some government credit card February 18, DOGE announced it was collaborating with federal agencies to streamline credit card usage and cut administrative expenses. The initiative targeted the approximately 4.6 million federal credit cards and 90 million individual transactions recorded in fiscal year 2024. Shortly afterward, President Donald Trump issued an executive order mandating a 30-day freeze on agency employee credit of DOGE's cost-cutting measures argue that they help curb waste, fraud, and abuse in government spending. However, critics contend that the reductions have disrupted federal agency operations, making it harder to purchase essential supplies and pay for critical services and this month, DOGE suspended more than half a million federal credit cards in its ongoing effort to slash government spending. The task force, led by billionaire Elon Musk and launched by President Donald Trump earlier this year, announced that credit cards from 32 federal agencies have been deactivated as part of the by executive order following Trump's return to office in January, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was charged with downsizing the federal workforce and eliminating waste. With $40 billion in annual federal spending previously routed through government-issued credit cards, DOGE launched a deactivation campaign targeting non-essential expenses that often accumulate unnoticed across March, DOGE announced it had suspended 200,000 cards across 16 agencies. That number has since more than doubled, now exceeding 500,000 deactivations across 32 agencies. However, cuts of this magnitude have already led to operational instance, when TSA's credit cards were affected in March, officials temporarily couldn't make purchases for their bomb-sniffing dog units. "Credit card purchases have been restricted for 30 days," a TSA spokesperson told Newsweek at the time, "but canine operations have not been adversely affected by this effort."Elon Musk, the head of DOGE, has confirmed that he is stepping away from the White House, where he has served as a senior adviser to the X, he said that despite his departure, which comes as the 130-day limit on his tenure as a special government employee approaches, DOGE's "mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government."
Forbes
a day ago
- Health
- Forbes
TSA Warns iPhone And Android Users—You Need This At Airport
New airport warning for smartphone users There is no subject that's more contentious in cyber security circles than so-called juice jacking. It generates fresh headlines most years, when one government agency or another issues a new alert ahead of the holidays. Stories are written and cyber eyebrows are raised — there are more stories than attacks. But still those stories come. But now a new warning suggests there may be a risk for travelers after all. Juice jacking theoretically strikes when you plug your phone into a public charging cable or socket at an airport or hotel, and instead of it being a dumb charger, it's a computer behind the scenes extracting data from your device. This is very different to dangerously crafted attack cables that include a malicious payload in the cable itself. The latest government warning (and headlines 1,2) come courtesy of TSA. 'When you're at an airport, do not plug your phone directly into a USB port,' it says. 'Bring your TSA-compliant power brick or battery pack and plug in there.' This is because 'hackers can install malware at USB ports (we've been told that's called 'juice/port jacking').' TSA also warns smartphone users 'don't use free public WiFi, especially if you're planning to make any online purchases. Do not ever enter any sensitive info while using unsecure WiFi.' This public Wi-Fi hijacking threat is almost as contentious as juice-jacking amongst cyber experts. TL;DR, while it comprises your location, any encrypted data flowing to or from your device from websites or apps should be safe. Your bigger risk is downloading an app from the malicious access point's splash page, filling in online forms, or being redirected to fraudulent login pages for Microsoft, Google or other accounts. The usual advice applies — use passkeys, don't log in to linked or popup windows but use usual channels, and don't give away personal information. You should also be wary of which Wi-Fi hotspots you connect to — are they the real service from the hotel or airport or mall you're in, or cleverly named fakes. As for juice jacking, there is now a nasty new twist to the existing narrative, which while theoretical for now, could fuel attacks that actually work. A new research paper has introduced 'a novel family of USB-based attacks' called ChoiceJacking, which the researchers say, 'is the first to bypass existing Juice Jacking mitigations. The Austrian research team "observed that these mitigations assume that an attacker cannot inject input events while establishing a data connection. However, we show that this assumption does not hold in practice. We present a platform-agnostic attack principle and three concrete attack techniques for Android and iOS that allow a malicious charger to autonomously spoof user input to enable its own data connection.' This is more an issue for Android than iOS, but it's not something for most users to worry about. That said, if you think you might be the target for attacks or if you travel to higher risk parts of the world, I would strongly recommend not using public charging points without some form of data shield or public WiFi without a VPN. You should also be wary of unlocking your device when it's plugged into anything you don't own and control. Interestingly, Google and Samsung have both been better defending devices against USB data extraction, albeit this masks itself as an accessory. There are also new updates for both iOS and Android to reboot devices locked for more than 3 days, which also protects against physical cable attacks. On ChoiceJacking, Kaspersky says 'both Apple and Google blocked these attack methods in iOS/iPadOS 18.4, and Android 15," but "unfortunately, on Android, the OS version alone doesn't guarantee your smartphone's safety… That's why Android users who have updated to Android 15 are advised to connect their smartphone to a known safe computer via a cable and check whether a password or biometric confirmation is required. If not — avoid public charging stations.'
