No one, not even the Secret Service, should randomly plug in a strange USB stick

Re:No one, not even the Secret Service, should randomly plug... by TheDong on Monday April 08, 2019 @09:23PM (#19610813)

> it's your responsibility to vet what you plug into it

Okay, please explain a little more. I'll give you a concrete example of a device to work with.

Last week I accidentally left my usb flash drive at a coffee shop with some important files on it. When I went back, the coffee shop had it in the lost and found. It looks the same on the outside, but it's a mass-produced model.

How do a vet this hardware before plugging it into my computer? I do need to access the files on it, but also attackers may have had access to it for several hours.

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Re:No one, not even the Secret Service, should randomly plug... by 781 on Monday April 08, 2019 @09:34PM (#19610889)

If security is so important to you, you buy a $100 laptop, put the stick in it, get the files and upload them somewhere then burn the laptop and stick.

Or just go to an "Internet Cafe" and do it there.

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