To: Swordmaker
Hmm. The biggest order came from an address in Chappaqua.
2 posted on
09/12/2016 8:43:40 PM PDT by
Rastus
(#NeverHillary #AlwaysTrump)
To: Swordmaker
Hitlery would have loved this.
3 posted on
09/12/2016 8:44:03 PM PDT by
grumpygresh
(We don't have Democrats and Republicans, we have the Faustian uni-party)
To: Swordmaker
Not to be confused with Phone Kill 1.0 - authorized by the Hillary Clinton campaign.
4 posted on
09/12/2016 8:45:12 PM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(If Muammar Gaddafi had donated to the Clinton Foundation he would still be alive and in power today.)
To: dayglored; ThunderSleeps; ShadowAce; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 5thGenTexan; Abundy; Action-America; ...
A Hong Kong company makes a USB testing device that repeatedly increases the USB port by pushing higher and higher surges of voltage into the port until the device it is connected to is fried completely. The maker of that device has reported that the ONLY computers that are built to survive this destructive testing are made by Apple. — PING!
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5 posted on
09/12/2016 8:46:24 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Swordmaker
‘A device that can destroy a PC in seconds’
Sounds like they may have a marketing problem.
7 posted on
09/12/2016 8:49:40 PM PDT by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Swordmaker
I just found out that Intel is investing a great deal of time and $$$ addressing USB security.
8 posted on
09/12/2016 8:52:33 PM PDT by
Zathras
To: Swordmaker
This is basically a computer terrorist device. Clearly not marked in anyway. It should have skull and crossbones on it with a written warning. So I don’t buy the claim that it is intended for good purposes.
The modifications to the Mother board design to stop this attack are really very simple and cheap. I hope the manufacturers get on the ball.
9 posted on
09/12/2016 8:52:59 PM PDT by
Revel
To: All
Interesting. I have a link cable to plug my iphone into my laptop. The cable has a dead short in it and when I plug it in I get a popup from Windows 10 that it has disabled the port due to a power surge.
I unplug and restart and the USB port is good again.
11 posted on
09/12/2016 8:57:27 PM PDT by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: Swordmaker
Lightning destroyed my laptop last week, surge protector and all.
To: Swordmaker
There is no such thing as “stored voltage.” That’s just the reporter talking. Like most laymen, the “volt” is the only electrical unit he knows the name of.
To: Swordmaker
So you’re supposed to use this USB Kill gizmo to “test” your computer to see if it’s vulnerable to a USB power surge. But the way you find out is if it kills your computer or not.
I don’t think they’ve thought this whole thing through...
26 posted on
09/12/2016 9:37:30 PM PDT by
PLMerite
(Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: Swordmaker
What an amateur! Here's what you need:
30 posted on
09/12/2016 10:05:40 PM PDT by
EinNYC
To: Swordmaker
Okay, so the reality is that it destroys the USB circuit not the whole computer. Bad, but that doesn’t mean it wipes out the hard drive or other peripherals.
37 posted on
09/13/2016 2:34:17 AM PDT by
raybbr
(That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
To: Swordmaker
So its a “smart” capacitor...
38 posted on
09/13/2016 3:47:25 AM PDT by
Mr. Douglas
(Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
To: Swordmaker
It sounds like something that Ian Fleming's Q would whip up.
46 posted on
09/13/2016 2:06:18 PM PDT by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: Swordmaker
It sounds like something that Ian Fleming's Q would whip up.
47 posted on
09/13/2016 2:06:18 PM PDT by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: Swordmaker
I would assume this would take out the USB port but not the whole PC. There are easier ways to destroy a PC:
49 posted on
09/13/2016 2:24:05 PM PDT by
toast
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