If you’ve ever toppled your phone, tablet, or laptop by tripping over the power cable, you probably wondered why, oh why, the connector tip doesn’t have a magnetic safety release such as what Apple has on its MacBooks and Microsoft on its Surface laptops. But you’ve found a cheap solution: An $11 magnetic-tip adapter that attaches to any USB-C cable! Problem solved. Unfortunately, while it seems like a no-name adapter off Amazon is a great idea, there’s actually plenty of evidence to suggest you’re putting your hardware at risk with them. Among the risks cited by USB-C experts are: The risk of…