Teardown of USB Fan Reveals Journalists’ Lack of Opsec

Re:Teardown of USB Fan Reveals Journalists’ Lack of Opsec by acomjean on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:42PM (#17524472)

I guess the downside of having “one port” for power/ stoarage and peripherals, is that you really can’t know what’s going to happen when you plug a device in.

It’s almost like you want a dialog box approving what the usb device can do. But nobody really wants that.

Convenience over security.

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Re:Teardown of USB Fan Reveals Journalists’ Lack of Opsec by jgibson on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:58PM (#17524621)

Android already does this. When you plug in you get a notification with options for - Charging only (with direction selection if your phone supports it) - USB media protocol - USB flash storage

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Re:Teardown of USB Fan Reveals Journalists’ Lack of Opsec by dawnerd on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:06PM (#17524707)

That’s assuming the software can’t be exploited.

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