Review on CableCreation 1FT USB C to USB C Cable – Fast Charging & High-Speed Data Transfer - Supports 4K Video - Compatible with Oculus Quest, MacBook, Samsung T3 SSD - 0.3m Black by Austin Wolf

I bought this to replace the 90cm USB-C cable that came with my docking station. I was hoping to short out and use it to tidy up my desk and free up the 3ft cord for battery use. As soon as I connected it to my dock and my computer, my computer suddenly recognized a CD-ROM device that wanted to run some software automatically. Luckily, I work in IT and already have this Windows feature turned off by default. Factory reset 3ft and I get no prompt, try again 1ft and I get it. The USB standard has a known issue inherent in how the driver stack works. All USB devices can be daisy chained together, this is how USB hubs work. All USB devices must also indicate that they belong to the USB controller on your computer so that it can load the correct drivers in the device driver management part of your operating system. There is no certification process to ensure that what claims to be a USB keyboard is actually a USB keyboard, your computer just has to trust what it's told. There have been successful attacks on devices that use this inherent trust to install malicious software on computers and mobile phones. No, I don't have the $200,000 lab required to verify that this cable is trying to install malware, but I trust it more, and as an IT pro, I don't think you should.