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by godelski 736 days ago
I believe their point was that if it is small enough to place a display it would be small enough to put a malicious chip inside.

Then again, this person discovered these cables this year and they've been out for awhile. And the OMG cable has been out for a few years now, which does exactly what they are afraid of. Which of course could be done by state actors for much longer.