EEVBlog also talked about this in a mailbag episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEZQvSgdA2k&t=1839s
And they also have different cable versions available: https://caberqu.com/
20 points
Not sure what else, but the thing can tell you if a cable is USB2.0, USB3.0/3.1/… or just for charging.
4 points
I’m pretty sure they thought the article meant this type of badusb cable. I did, too, at first.
