Latest USB Type-C authentication specification will protect users from faulty cables

The USB Implementers Forum are finally working on a USB Type-C specification that will make Benson Leung’s work a thing of the past. Benson Leung is a Google engineer and he’s put a considerable amount of time and effort into testing and reviewing the various USB Type-C cables available in the market today. The specification aims to detect faulty and uncertified USB Type-C cables and to block your device from interacting with them. As Uncle Ben always said, with great power comes great responsibility and that much power, if fed via a faulty USB Type-C cable, can fry your expensive hardware.