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Had a pre-coffee idea this morning: auto-ejecting USB ports.

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  • jgilbert@mastodon.socialJ jgilbert@mastodon.social

    Had a pre-coffee idea this morning: auto-ejecting USB ports.

    Device all charged up? Port automatically ejects the cable.

    Malware on thumb drive? Host spits it out.

    Files all copied successfully? Ptoooie!

    themanyvoices@mastodon.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
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    #24

    @jgilbert
    Suggested sound effect for that USB ejection:

    " 'Scuse me while I whip this out" (from #MelBrooks #BlazingSaddles ).

    https://youtube.com/shorts/TC_55Er0A4E?si=2L3Abc-DkHNoXSbn

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    • jgilbert@mastodon.socialJ jgilbert@mastodon.social

      Had a pre-coffee idea this morning: auto-ejecting USB ports.

      Device all charged up? Port automatically ejects the cable.

      Malware on thumb drive? Host spits it out.

      Files all copied successfully? Ptoooie!

      manicpxisiemgrl@infosec.exchangeM This user is from outside of this forum
      manicpxisiemgrl@infosec.exchangeM This user is from outside of this forum
      manicpxisiemgrl@infosec.exchange
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      #25

      @jgilbert device driver fails. Ptooie!

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      • jgilbert@mastodon.socialJ jgilbert@mastodon.social

        Had a pre-coffee idea this morning: auto-ejecting USB ports.

        Device all charged up? Port automatically ejects the cable.

        Malware on thumb drive? Host spits it out.

        Files all copied successfully? Ptoooie!

        koval_blazej@fedi.lzspz.netK This user is from outside of this forum
        koval_blazej@fedi.lzspz.netK This user is from outside of this forum
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        #26

        @jgilbert with enough ejection force you could use it as a short range communication protocol

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        • koval_blazej@fedi.lzspz.netK koval_blazej@fedi.lzspz.net

          @jgilbert with enough ejection force you could use it as a short range communication protocol

          koval_blazej@fedi.lzspz.netK This user is from outside of this forum
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          #27

          @jgilbert I used to have a camera, that had a spring loaded microSD port, that could easily shoot a card 15meters

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          • jgilbert@mastodon.socialJ jgilbert@mastodon.social

            Had a pre-coffee idea this morning: auto-ejecting USB ports.

            Device all charged up? Port automatically ejects the cable.

            Malware on thumb drive? Host spits it out.

            Files all copied successfully? Ptoooie!

            chris@myprivate.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
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            chris@myprivate.social
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            #28

            @jgilbert @sweetmonkeyjesus As long as it makes the ptoooie sound for all use cases, I’m fully supportive of the idea…

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            • jgilbert@mastodon.socialJ jgilbert@mastodon.social

              Had a pre-coffee idea this morning: auto-ejecting USB ports.

              Device all charged up? Port automatically ejects the cable.

              Malware on thumb drive? Host spits it out.

              Files all copied successfully? Ptoooie!

              malwareminigun@infosec.exchangeM This user is from outside of this forum
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              #29

              @jgilbert Why do you want to create more battery wear like this?

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              • malwareminigun@infosec.exchangeM malwareminigun@infosec.exchange

                @jgilbert Why do you want to create more battery wear like this?

                jgilbert@mastodon.socialJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                #30

                @malwareminigun I mean, obviously it's because I am a joyless, soulless husk of a human who hates computers and mobile phones as much as I do myself, right?

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                • jgilbert@mastodon.socialJ jgilbert@mastodon.social

                  @malwareminigun I mean, obviously it's because I am a joyless, soulless husk of a human who hates computers and mobile phones as much as I do myself, right?

                  malwareminigun@infosec.exchangeM This user is from outside of this forum
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                  #31

                  @jgilbert What? (What does ejecting a perfectly useful charging cable have to do with being a joyless souless husk?)

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                  • malwareminigun@infosec.exchangeM malwareminigun@infosec.exchange

                    @jgilbert What? (What does ejecting a perfectly useful charging cable have to do with being a joyless souless husk?)

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                    #32

                    @malwareminigun friend, you gotta look past the technological impacts of what's in your pockets, on your desks, where ever, and rediscover that whimsy we lost sometime ago when computers stopped being fun and just became gray, faceless, containers for broken software. A device that we can ascribe a human activity like "ugh this tastes terrible!" is so much more fun than "VIRUS DETECTED IN USB E:"

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                    • jgilbert@mastodon.socialJ jgilbert@mastodon.social

                      @malwareminigun friend, you gotta look past the technological impacts of what's in your pockets, on your desks, where ever, and rediscover that whimsy we lost sometime ago when computers stopped being fun and just became gray, faceless, containers for broken software. A device that we can ascribe a human activity like "ugh this tastes terrible!" is so much more fun than "VIRUS DETECTED IN USB E:"

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                      #33

                      @jgilbert OK by this metric the joyless souless husk is me, not you. But I still think things have gotten blown way out of proportion here. I'm just trying to counter the myth I see all over the place asking for automatically detaching chargers when batteries are full based on a belief that it is more efficient to do that (because it is a mistaken belief).

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                      • jgilbert@mastodon.socialJ jgilbert@mastodon.social

                        @malwareminigun friend, you gotta look past the technological impacts of what's in your pockets, on your desks, where ever, and rediscover that whimsy we lost sometime ago when computers stopped being fun and just became gray, faceless, containers for broken software. A device that we can ascribe a human activity like "ugh this tastes terrible!" is so much more fun than "VIRUS DETECTED IN USB E:"

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                        #34

                        @malwareminigun (I mean, but, I *do* hate my phone, and I wish it would die a horrible death)

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                        • jgilbert@mastodon.socialJ jgilbert@mastodon.social

                          Had a pre-coffee idea this morning: auto-ejecting USB ports.

                          Device all charged up? Port automatically ejects the cable.

                          Malware on thumb drive? Host spits it out.

                          Files all copied successfully? Ptoooie!

                          darthtoddler@infosec.exchangeD This user is from outside of this forum
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                          darthtoddler@infosec.exchange
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                          #35

                          @jgilbert imagining it now as a part of some Final Destination-esque Rube-Goldberg-of-death scene. delightful!

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