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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by agumonkey on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:19AM (#20554836)
similarly your hdd controller was a computer

technically, these days, anything larger than a usb wire can be a computer

smalltalk crossed the physical barrier

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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by wlesieutre on Monday July 29, 2019 @10:35AM (#20555013)
>technically, these days, anything larger than a usb wire can be a computer

USB wires too: https://twitter.com/kevinmitnick/status/1031662197422710784?...

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Re:Apple lightning to HDMI adapter is a computer by jedimastert on Monday July 29, 2019 @12:09PM (#20556073)
You know, I've wondered about this exact attack. Also from wallwarts that plug into USB-C ports.

shudders

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