Re: [CM] the USB killer now exists and is being mass-produced

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Subject	Re: [CM] the USB killer now exists and is being mass-produced
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RS Wood quoted:

> "The USB Killer is shockingly simple in its operation. As soon as you
> plug it in, a DC-to-DC converter starts drawing power from the host
> system and storing electricity in its bank of capacitors (the
> square-shaped components). When the capacitors reach a potential of
> -220V, the device dumps all of that electricity into the USB data
> lines"

You could use a USB Condom (now known as a SyncStop) to isolate the data 
pins, no doubt the USB Killer II will send the high voltage back on the 
5V rail

<http://syncstop.com/#faq-original>

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[CM] the USB killer now exists and is being mass-produced RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-12-03 16:36 +0000
  Re: [CM] the USB killer now exists and is being mass-produced Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-12-04 14:40 +1100
    Re: [CM] the USB killer now exists and is being mass-produced Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2016-12-04 16:11 +0200
      Re: [CM] the USB killer now exists and is being mass-produced Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-12-05 11:25 +1100
        Re: [CM] the USB killer now exists and is being mass-produced The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 08:27 -0800
          Re: [CM] the USB killer now exists and is being mass-produced RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-12-05 20:28 -0500
          Re: [CM] the USB killer now exists and is being mass-produced Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-12-06 13:18 +1100
            Re: [CM] the USB killer now exists and is being mass-produced Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-12-06 09:24 +0100
              Re: [CM] the USB killer now exists and is being mass-produced Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-12-06 21:49 +1100
                Re: [CM] the USB killer now exists and is being mass-produced Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2016-12-07 09:47 +0200
  Re: [CM] the USB killer now exists and is being mass-produced Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-12-07 18:56 +0000

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