this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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What is this thing?

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Pencil for scale. Circuit board, 1 USB plug that lights up an LED when you plug it in. Windows doesn't recognize it as a device. Two little metal leg things with "feet".

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unless you work at an Iranian uranium enrichment facility, then it's fine.

[–] Smatt 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha oopsy, my centrifuges are all wonky.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit 1 points 1 year ago
[–] Synthead 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you heard about USB HID devices that have keystroke sequences?

[–] betterdeadthanreddit 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, lots of cool toys out there. I'm a sucker for interesting Defcon talks so this one comes to mind.