{"id":8684,"date":"2017-03-09T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=8684"},"modified":"2017-03-09T17:09:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T22:09:36","slug":"japan-introducing-usb-charging-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/japan-introducing-usb-charging-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan is Introducing USB Charging Stations"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s generally a good idea to be skeptical of all public charging stations \u2014 even on public transportation. Although charging your phone might be safe on public transit, you should generally avoid public charging stations in other locations. There were many reports last year about the possibility of hackers using public charging stations to hack into a person\u2019s smartphone. Hackers were able to gain control of a person\u2019s phone within minutes, and then transfer a virus onto the victim\u2019s phone. <\/span><\/p>\n

In order to prevent this type of situation, you\u2019ll want to run regular virus scans on your device. That way, if you do have to use a public charging dock, you\u2019ll be able to scan your device for any malware or security breaches. If you do have malware on your device, and you got it from a charging station, be sure to run a full virus scan on your device, and report the charging station to the authorities immediately. Click here to scan your device for malware now:<\/p>\n

\"Security<\/a><\/center>Why add public USB charging stations?<\/b><\/p>\n

It was recently announced that Japan is testing out free USB charging stations on public transit. But how exactly does this differ from your typical outlet on a bus or train? It appears to be taking out the middleman \u2014 the \u201cadaptor\u201d needed to connect your micro USB cable to a wall outlet \u2014 in favor of directly utilizing a USB port to charge your phone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where are the USB charging stations available?<\/b><\/p>\n

According to multiple reports, the charging stations only seem to be available on a single bus in Tokyo. As to when they\u2019ll be available nationwide and beyond, it\u2019s still unknown. However, London, England, and Singapore have already added USB chargers to areas of their public transit as well. London added multiple charging stations to buses on certain routes last year, and so far, they\u2019ve been successful.<\/span><\/p>\n

How popular are the USB charging stations?<\/b><\/p>\n

So far, they\u2019ve been more popular than expected. As you may have guessed, people have been using them to charge their phones or surf the Web on their commutes to and from work. That way, they don\u2019t have to worry about their phone battery dying because they got bored on the bus.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Japan is testing out USB charging stations for phones and tablets on public transit. Now you don\u2019t have to worry about a dead battery on your commute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4322,2154],"class_list":["post-8684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-privacy","tag-charging-station","tag-usb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}