Masimatutu@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agoPlease check you kids' Halloween candy, everyones3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.comimagemessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up11.36Karrow-down116
arrow-up11.34Karrow-down1imagePlease check you kids' Halloween candy, everyones3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.comMasimatutu@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square140fedilink
minus-squareIgloojoe@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up35·2 years agoTheres also usb drives that are designed to short circuit your computer. Frying the motherboard.
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 years agoUSB Killers are expensive though. No one’s intentionally ditching those for randos to find
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoExpensive 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 years agoAre they? I thought they were basically just a few capacitors hooked up wrong to a USB port.
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoCapacitors alone are not enough.
minus-squareCephalonKappa@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoCapacitors a transistor and an op-amp. Thats a couple cents of components.
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWhy 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€.