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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink21•1 year agoUSB Killers are expensive though. No one’s intentionally ditching those for randos to find
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•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)linkfedilink6•1 year agoAre they? I thought they were basically just a few capacitors hooked up wrong to a USB port.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoCapacitors a transistor and an op-amp. Thats a couple cents of components.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoWhy would they? Simple boost coverter costs about 0.5€.
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€.