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Search eBay for charge only or power only USB cables. I'm not sure why this is a problem though. Things only transfer if you tell them to transfer.
Or if someone else tells them to.
The problem is that I want to use them at work. Because they may not allow them, and even if they do, I don't want them to be able to read my personal info. I don't want my employer gathering information from my cell phone while I am just trying to charge it.
My question was whether there is some kind of "power only" charger that connects to USB without the data transfer.
No, that's another problem. The company frowns on the personal use of the electrical outlets just as much as the personal use of the USB ports. So, it's not something I could use on a daily basis, which I would need to.
It seems like my best option would be a battery powered charger that doesn't have to connect to anything. Or something that I could charge up at home each night and take with me to the office.
The company frowns on the personal use of the electrical outlets
Wow, that's harsh.
If the job market was better, I'd suggest flipping them the bird and finding somewhere else to work. Maybe you should start a competing company instead...
No, that's another problem. The company frowns on the personal use of the electrical outlets just as much as the personal use of the USB ports. So, it's not something I could use on a daily basis, which I would need to.
It seems like my best option would be a battery powered charger that doesn't have to connect to anything. Or something that I could charge up at home each night and take with me to the office.
Are you using your cell so much while on the clock that it needs to be recharged during the day? How does the company view that?
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Originally Posted by swagger
Wow, that's harsh.
If the job market was better, I'd suggest flipping them the bird and finding somewhere else to work. Maybe you should start a competing company instead...
Not really. Every person who is charging their phones is adding to the power bill, be it through USB or a wall wart. Where is the line drawn? What if a company has 1000's of employees who are all charging multiple devices, or plugging in a fan/heater/radio/other employee owned device? What if charging one of those devices does cause a problem, like tripping a breaker or introducing a virus?
An old employer told us that making a long distance phone call without paying for it was the same as walking out with a $2 item. Either way, it's unauthorized consumption of company property.
People that think flipping the bird at a company is a reasonable response because of that company's rules have obviously never owned their own business.
People that think flipping the bird at a company is a reasonable response because of that company's rules have obviously never owned their own business.
Um, I DO own my business, and I would NEVER tell my employees that they can't charge their cellphones at the office. It's a very small price to pay to not crush morale.
I fully understand the "unauthorized use of resources" argument, but my point (which was pretty obvious, I think) was that it should be authorized. A trickle charge for an hour or two is practically nothing on the power bill - even "thousands of them," compared with the cost of running just one of the four bulbs in the fixture above that employee's desk, or running that employee's PC, or printing a single page on a laser printer, or "authorizing" the employee to heat up their lunch in the microwave...
Wouldn't connecting your phone to charge to a computer plugged into your company's electrical outlet be almost the same as plugging it directly into the outlet? You're still consuming electricity, although a minute amount either way.
If you have admin access to the PC, you could always try disabling the USB ports. I believe (but am not sure) that would allow you to still charge but would disable read/write access.
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