Comment by okanat

> Requiring products to be labelled, and treating mislabelling as fraud, could mostly solve this.

There are too many manufacturers to hunt. Basically USB-IF needs to stop almost all shipments in the world. That's not going to happen.

USB spec is completely open and free to obtain. While it allows people to develop and DIY many things, it also attracts bad manufacturers like flies.

Good certified cables with correct markings exist. There are companies like Cable Matters or Startech who bother to actually certify their cables and get USB-IF TIDs. They do cost you quite a bit money though. Here are some:

https://www.cablematters.com/pc-1532-123-usb-c-20-charging-c...

https://www.cablematters.com/pc-858-123-usb-if-certified-usb...

https://www.startech.com/en-de/cables/1m-40g-usb4-cable

https://www.startech.com/en-de/cables/s2cepr1m-usb-cable