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Re:IBM bans USB, SD cards, flash drives and portable devices... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @04:32PM (#17086200)
If mouse is epoxied - cut the cable, cut and splice in a male->female cable, connect your device.
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Re:IBM bans USB, SD cards, flash drives and portable devices... by floatingatoll on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @08:42PM (#17087660)
Doing so would trigger a USB disconnection event, which under a sufficiently paranoid ecosystem would immediately terminate the entire enclosure and lock the door and call security.
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Re:IBM bans USB, SD cards, flash drives and portable devices... by chrischen on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @08:17PM (#17087530)
I think they are trying to discourage accidental use of/the urge to use the USB ports.
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