Masimatutu@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agoPlease check you kids' Halloween candy, everyones3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.comimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up11.37Karrow-down117
arrow-up11.35Karrow-down1imagePlease check you kids' Halloween candy, everyones3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.comMasimatutu@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareIgloojoe@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up35·11 months agoTheres also usb drives that are designed to short circuit your computer. Frying the motherboard.
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·11 months agoUSB Killers are expensive though. No one’s intentionally ditching those for randos to find
minus-squareMossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoAre they? I thought they were basically just a few capacitors hooked up wrong to a USB port.
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoCapacitors alone are not enough.
minus-squareCephalonKappa@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoCapacitors a transistor and an op-amp. Thats a couple cents of components.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months 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-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months 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
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.
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.
Why would they? Simple boost coverter costs about 0.5€.