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		max-ibel on Sept 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: O.mg Cable There are dongles that only let power through: https://www.amazon.com/PortaPow-3rd-Data-Blocker-Pack/dp/B00... But it's a pain in the neck to always use them and difficult to enforce use in an enterprise setting.

lrvick on Sept 2, 2021 [–]

And there are people who have disguised badusb attacks as those dongles. Works every time.

I co-designed some transparent USB C ones for a client that are easy to audit.

Hope to take them to market some day.

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