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Seems a bit large for it to not draw attention

Not that much larger than those big block laptop adaptors, black injection molding would make it look pretty legit.

With a correctly designed enclosure (chamfered edges, black), it might not look all that suspicious tucked away somewhere charging a phone.

You’d be better off putting a battery in it and dropping it under a bin or something.

That’s going to be way more suspicious that plugging in a phone charger, given the history of bombs being left in trash cans.

The reason why there's a history of bombs being left in trash cans is because it's easy and discrete.

Which is also why it’s suspicious if someone sees you do it. Someone seeing you plug in a phone charger is much less suspicious.

Obviously it’s not suspicious if no one sees you do it.