j1racoon@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoDo you protect your USB port?github.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkDo you protect your USB port?github.comj1racoon@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 day agoThe software locks out the auto discover and auto config of attached devices, unless they are in an allow list. Same like some android phone models where you can turn off USB port to protect your phone from being infiltrated. I did work at a place that filled the USB ports with HotGlue to stop workers loading movies on the computers on night shift
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 hours ago to stop workers loading movies on the computers on night shift Lol, did it work?
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 hours agoYes because the keyboard and mouse were via the serial PS connectors, but the IT dudes could have just opened the case and unplugged the USB headers instead of permanently filling the slots with glue.
The software locks out the auto discover and auto config of attached devices, unless they are in an allow list.
Same like some android phone models where you can turn off USB port to protect your phone from being infiltrated.
I did work at a place that filled the USB ports with HotGlue to stop workers loading movies on the computers on night shift
Lol, did it work?
Yes because the keyboard and mouse were via the serial PS connectors, but the IT dudes could have just opened the case and unplugged the USB headers instead of permanently filling the slots with glue.