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Re:Unpatchable Malware That Infects USBs by cvosteen on Thursday October 02, 2014 @12:41PM (#8401581)
> I hate to point out the blindly obvious, but what if you need the HID device to click on the box?

You just have a timed dialog with allow/block options that defaults to allow the new HID after the timeout.

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Re:Unpatchable Malware That Infects USBs by Terr_ on Thursday October 02, 2014 @01:43PM (#8401961)
What stops evil devices from simply waiting for a period of time and springing the dialog at a later time or when the user is likely AFK? (Can it detect idleness by looking at voltages?)
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