Masimatutu@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 年前Please check you kids' Halloween candy, everyones3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.comimagemessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up11.35Karrow-down116
arrow-up11.34Karrow-down1imagePlease check you kids' Halloween candy, everyones3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.comMasimatutu@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 年前message-square80linkfedilink
minus-squareIgloojoe@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up35·2 年前Theres also usb drives that are designed to short circuit your computer. Frying the motherboard.
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 年前USB Killers are expensive though. No one’s intentionally ditching those for randos to find
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 年前Expensive is relative. You can find a sketchy USB Killer on AliExpress for like $6. Maybe expensive as a single throwaway device, but not very expensive to cause pure chaos to a bunch of random people.
minus-squareMossy Feathers (She/Her)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 年前Are they? I thought they were basically just a few capacitors hooked up wrong to a USB port.
minus-squareCephalonKappa@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 年前Capacitors a transistor and an op-amp. Thats a couple cents of components.
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前Why would they? Simple boost coverter costs about 0.5€.
Theres also usb drives that are designed to short circuit your computer. Frying the motherboard.
USB Killers are expensive though. No one’s intentionally ditching those for randos to find
Expensive is relative. You can find a sketchy USB Killer on AliExpress for like $6.
Maybe expensive as a single throwaway device, but not very expensive to cause pure chaos to a bunch of random people.
Are they? I thought they were basically just a few capacitors hooked up wrong to a USB port.
Capacitors alone are not enough.
Capacitors a transistor and an op-amp. Thats a couple cents of components.
Still not enough
Whats missing?
Inductor and diode.
Why would they? Simple boost coverter costs about 0.5€.