Originally Posted by
GUWonder
People with nefarious or otherwise unscrupulous intent get their jollies and returns in various ways. That could be anything from such types hoping to get device owner’s naked selfies, to get device owner’s frequent flyer and other account info from their device-stored emails/notes, to get the calendar and travel history/plans of the device owner and thereby plot a home burglary when the device owner is known to most likely be gone, or who knows what else.
So if you're on an Amtrak train from DC to New York or an airplane from San Diego to Phoenix, at what point in your journey would the data be retrieved from the hacked port? How would they identify where you live? If they want to rob your house, what if you just happen to be a business traveler and have family at home manning the fort? Maybe a maintenance person could try this, but the by the time he or she got the data, it might have been days or weeks since you last used that port.
Stealing personal information in this way would be far too time-intensive and costly to be worth anyone's time. Anyone with the skills to pull this off is too smart to rob your house and can more easily hack your data online.