Masimatutu@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoPlease check you kids' Halloween candy, everyones3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.comimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up11.37Karrow-down118
arrow-up11.35Karrow-down1imagePlease check you kids' Halloween candy, everyones3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.comMasimatutu@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareIgloojoe@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up35·1 year agoTheres also usb drives that are designed to short circuit your computer. Frying the motherboard.
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoUSB Killers are expensive though. No one’s intentionally ditching those for randos to find
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year 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/They)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoAre they? I thought they were basically just a few capacitors hooked up wrong to a USB port.
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoCapacitors alone are not enough.
minus-squareCephalonKappalinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoCapacitors a transistor and an op-amp. Thats a couple cents of components.
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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€.