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Re:Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him–it ex... by euroderf on Thursday March 23, 2023 @04:38AM (#35271872)
Hypothesizing here... At what point do we have to worry about a USB stick that has an antimatter payload ? Such a weapon might be enough to blow off a significant chunk of the Earth's crust.
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Re:Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him–it ex... by arrow7000 on Thursday March 23, 2023 @05:44AM (#35272250)
When it starts costing less than a few billion $ per milligram to produce
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Re:Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him–it ex... by jrootabega on Thursday March 23, 2023 @08:32AM (#35273692)
And technology exists to contain it indefinitely in a thumb-sized container, while also being powered from within that thumb-sized container, while also not generating enormous amounts of heat.
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