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Re:Windows Hello bypassed using infrared image by banana_giraffe on Monday July 19, 2021 @09:55PM (#27889336)
Now I'm curious if there's some device that presents itself as a keyboard, types some Powershell script and "copies" files off of the computer using numlock/capslock/scrolllock signals.
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Re:Windows Hello bypassed using infrared image by nightfly on Monday July 19, 2021 @09:56PM (#27889345)
That's a USB Rubber Ducky
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Re:Windows Hello bypassed using infrared image by banana_giraffe on Monday July 19, 2021 @10:00PM (#27889363)
Hah.

Never played with one, but I just assumed it was a macro playback engine, not surprising, I suppose it would do more.

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Re:Windows Hello bypassed using infrared image by schmorptron on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @02:53AM (#27890773)
Yes! Look into BadUSB, there's some really cool, but also scary, stuff out there.
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