Inside a low budget consumer hardware espionage implant (2018)

Re:Inside a low budget consumer hardware espionage implant (... by danesparza on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @09:26AM (#20223105)

And why 50? That's so arbitrary. Why not 120? Or 240? Or 9?

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Re:Inside a low budget consumer hardware espionage implant (... by antsar on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @10:07AM (#20223462)

(IANAEE) 120 and 240 are a bit more painful when mistakes happen. And 9 seems too low (normal USB voltage is 5, so 9 might be within safety margins).

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Re:Inside a low budget consumer hardware espionage implant (... by bb88 on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @01:10PM (#20225116)

It's probably just his DC power supply he has handy.

As far as 120/240 thing, if you have a component not meant for that kind of voltage, it might fail open, or it might fail short.

If it fails short, high amounts of current might be allowed to flow through other components which would carbonize so even more current would flow. And maybe catch fire.

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Re:Inside a low budget consumer hardware espionage implant (... by danesparza on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @01:44PM (#20225369)

Excellent points. Thanks!

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Re:Inside a low budget consumer hardware espionage implant (... by danesparza on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @01:43PM (#20225366)

"120 and 240 are a bit more painful when mistakes happen" ... aaah. That sounds like the voice of experience.

Man, I love the internet.

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Re:Inside a low budget consumer hardware espionage implant (... by TheCraiggers on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @01:00PM (#20225020)

My phone charges at 9v over USB-C so I would imagine it would be just fine.

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