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This kind of thing would immediately stick out like a sore thumb to a lot of technical users. In the world of USB cables it’s HUGE, even though technically I know it’s very small for it’s purpose. Very cool nevertheless!
I guess from this point on, given the extra space, it would be relatively trivial to also send the file structure.
I wonder what voltage is required to kill the Mediatek chip? Maybe a simple jig that put -24v through it could fry it? Of course, if you're expecting it, this device should be relatively simple to stop. I can imagine more stealthy variants however.
If you already know it's there, you probably don't need to go through the trouble of destroying it, unless you just want to fry random USB devices.
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If you already know it's there, you probably don't need to go through the trouble of destroying it, unless you just want to fry random USB devices.
The idea is that you would apply a high voltage to just the cable, with nothing else attached. If it's just a cable, no harm no foul. On the other hand, if you start seeing smoke from the embedded electronics, you may want to use a different cable.
Maybe an innovative company could add warnings for USB ports that draw power but have no recognized device. For the advanced ports with charging support and so on they should have power monitoring already.
I wonder what voltage is required to kill the Mediatek chip? Maybe a simple jig that put -24v through it could fry it? Of course, if you're expecting it, this device should be relatively simple to stop. I can imagine more stealthy variants however.
or you could unplug it, take it home and keep it as a pet
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This kind of thing would immediately stick out like a sore thumb to a lot of technical users. In the world of USB cables it’s HUGE, even though technically I know it’s very small for it’s purpose. Very cool nevertheless!
How often do people look behind their desks at the usb cables plugged into their systems. Many do not.
What's especially creepy is that many devices (e.g. laptops) with USB ports continue sending power to those ports even when the device is off . So someone bugged with something like this implant could fully power off their laptop when discussing sensitive information, and if they left a bugged USB drive plugged in, they could still be compromised.
You can check the BIOS to see if there is an option to disable it.
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or you could unplug it, take it home and keep it as a pet
Or even better, take out the SIM and find to whom the number is registered to. In many countries numbers require registration, ie. you can't get one without showing personal papers. Of course intel agencies aren't required to do that, so that if you can't get a real name for that SIM then you're 100% sure you're being watched by people a bit more powerful and dangerous than your suspicious wife (unless your wife work…
Judging by the screenshots, the author uses Silence SMS app and you should too
[1] https://ha.cking.ch/s8_data_line_locator/images/10_01_cmds.j...
