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minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up100·6 hours agoFind a USB stick in the parking lot? Don’t plug it into your PC and probably destroy it with fire. Find a USB stick while digging in the park? Plug that baby in, jam to some Back to Black, and watch some vintage porn.
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·6 hours agoSome VMs are created only to be burned.
minus-squarecravl@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 hours agoSome used PCs with no disks are bought only to be booted into a live Linux distro and then some time later resold in the same condition.
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 hours agoI chuckled. You could also plug it into a system win only a Linux live dvd, no storage, no speakers.
minus-squareSpice Hoarder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoNo speakers? How will you and your archeologist friends hear the porn?
minus-squareSpikesOtherDog@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·50 minutes agoReturn the speakers once you determine safety.
minus-squareF/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 hours agoSafer from malware, but not safe from usb “pranks.” I doubt anyone is leaving a port killer out, but getting your port gunked up, or partly disassembled via locks is a thing. Disposability is worth considering as well
minus-squareORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 hours agoSo are hubs and extensions.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoThere’s always a bigge USB killer
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoBut what if I have a USB Kill Shield Kill Shied Kill Shield
minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoA female to A male adapter with a replaceable fuse? Sounds like a hundred-dollar idea!
minus-squareGust@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoWhat are you talking about? I’ve stux every parking lot USB drive I’ve ever found into my pc and I’ve net to have a problem
minus-squareFunkyCheese@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoNah use a vm on a computer which you dont care about May i suggest a library pc?
Find a USB stick in the parking lot? Don’t plug it into your PC and probably destroy it with fire.
Find a USB stick while digging in the park? Plug that baby in, jam to some Back to Black, and watch some vintage porn.
Some VMs are created only to be burned.
Some used PCs with no disks are bought only to be booted into a live Linux distro and then some time later resold in the same condition.
I chuckled. You could also plug it into a system win only a Linux live dvd, no storage, no speakers.
No speakers? How will you and your archeologist friends hear the porn?
Return the speakers once you determine safety.
Safer from malware, but not safe from usb “pranks.” I doubt anyone is leaving a port killer out, but getting your port gunked up, or partly disassembled via locks is a thing.
Disposability is worth considering as well
So are hubs and extensions.
USB killer
USB Kill Shield
There’s always a bigge USB killer
But what if I have a USB Kill Shield Kill Shied Kill Shield
🤔
A female to A male adapter with a replaceable fuse? Sounds like a hundred-dollar idea!
What are you talking about? I’ve stux every parking lot USB drive I’ve ever found into my pc and I’ve net to have a problem
Nah use a vm on a computer which you dont care about
May i suggest a library pc?