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Re:No one, not even the Secret Service, should randomly plug... by depressed on Monday April 08, 2019 @07:39PM (#19610244)
On the "determine if anything suspicious is happening" front, you can configure Wireshark to capture USB packets and show you what is going over the wire.
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Re:No one, not even the Secret Service, should randomly plug... by verst on Monday April 08, 2019 @08:21PM (#19610479)
Oh nice! I've used Wireshark for TCP / UDP captures before but that's about it.

Maybe I can use a raspberry pi as burner device and check it out.

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Re:No one, not even the Secret Service, should randomly plug... by NikkiA on Monday April 08, 2019 @08:51PM (#19610627)
A pi zero would do the job and only risk about $5 to find out what's on the stick.
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Re:No one, not even the Secret Service, should randomly plug... by ovi256 on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @06:04AM (#19613150)
Nice idea. Start a service where people mail unknown USB devices to you and you email back a disk image.
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Re:No one, not even the Secret Service, should randomly plug... by justwalt on Monday April 08, 2019 @08:35PM (#19610548)
That sounds really interesting. You should post later if you go through with your plan!
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