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Shocker: Net anarchist builds sneaky 220v USB stick that fries laptops

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Re: Net anarchist?

Won't work.

There is a re-settable polymer fuse in the USB, and several capacitors plus a voltage divider for voltage sensing, and that will mean s short to ground.

You will kind of fry the computer, but no data will be lost.

So I think this is just a nuissance, with no practical use.

The "lost" usb with the trojan, that one is a good one..

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