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Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops by DarylZero on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @01:43PM (#29569981)
I was saying that the existence of the non-implementation of USB proves the possibility of access controls on USB.

Convoluted way to put it I guess. For some reason was intuitive to me (proof of existence by example, more trivial example better).

Having access controls on USB-HID is just a local policy choice where most people would choose convenience over security.

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Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops by tjader on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @01:49PM (#29570063)
I agree, and it makes sense for some security oriented OS.

But the comment I replied to seemed to suggest that the possibility of data exfiltration via USB is a bug in any OS.

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