Originally Posted by
HDQDD
I'd never recommend plugging into any public USB-C (or -A) port. Mostly for OPSEC reasons, but also because they'll almost always be a few generations behind the current standards. Builtins, furniture, etc. are likely to have a far longer usable life than the USB tech they "support".
Does them being old pose an actual threat to devices? Or, is it just that they aren't optimized? (I don't care about the latter.)