[gruez]

Sounds like a great way to fry your lightning and usb-c cables as the former has a mfi chip, and the latter has a pull down resistor.

[Scoundreller]

I guess the secure solution is to carry around your own X-Ray verified lightning-USB dongle and high voltage fry any dumb cable you find yourself needing.

[edoo]

Or always buy two and dissect one.