Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB...
by Thorrez on Thursday April 18, 2019 @11:41PM
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Actively using it to harm others is different than just creating it.
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Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB...
by notahacker on Friday April 19, 2019 @05:25AM
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Creating it and selling it is an obvious attempt to profit from the custom of those who wish to use it to actively harm others. There's literally no other reason for anybody to buy an "anonymous" one over a standard one which says what it does on the stick, and yet they're charging $5 more for the anonymous one...
Re:Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB...
by Thorrez on Friday April 19, 2019 @09:10PM
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It's a curiosity item. I would buy an anonymous one if they were $30 or less. It's interesting to have around, a conversation piece. The anonymous one increases the interest, because it better demonstrates the danger, the precariousness.