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Re:The Google plasma globe affair of 2012 by dzhiurgis on Monday October 10, 2022 @06:14PM (#33157013)
That doesn't stop a keyboard that is actually backdoored to execute payload sometime much later after setup.
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Re:The Google plasma globe affair of 2012 by skybrian on Monday October 10, 2022 @06:40PM (#33157237)
Sure, but it's not intended to. It's to prevent a device from pretending to be a keyboard without any user's knowledge.
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Re:The Google plasma globe affair of 2012 by anamexis on Monday October 10, 2022 @06:40PM (#33157238)
No, but it does stop you from getting pwned by a plasma ball.
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