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Re:Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him–it ex... by Arrath on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @05:23PM (#35267279)
Little robot arm in a blast enclosure to plug the drive into an extension cable.

Strangely, it still takes 3 tries for the robot to correctly insert the device..

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Re:Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him–it ex... by mgdlbp on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @06:20PM (#35267822)
1. Plug drive into cable

2. Plug in other end of cable

3. ???

4. !!!

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Re:Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him–it ex... by jackvalentine on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @07:43PM (#35268632)
Or just leave the cable end outside of the box unplugged and only plug it in once the box is closed.
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Re:Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him–it ex... by yencabulator on Friday March 24, 2023 @05:49PM (#35296114)
Cue mechanical force triggered fuse. But at that point, you could just make a letter that blows up when opened.
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