Eli5 how doesn‘t apple lightning cable shock me?

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Since pins on both sides are in reach, can be touched and usually are connected to a wallcharger with enough AMP to kill a human.

Would it be safe to touch both sides with one hand? With wet fingers?
Does the charger somehow communicate with the device before sending current?

Edit: I am in Europe so having 230V50hz, Charger is the classic 12W 2.4Amp USBA one.

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While some chargers do communicate about how much power to send, the voltage produced is just not high enough to pass through you skin to your heart. One thing to remember is current is PULLED not pushed. Voltage is the part of electricity that pushes, so if the voltage is low going through something with high resistance, it pulls very little current.

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