Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: There he goes again Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 23:44:33 +0200 Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net XTzJXTpqDsjRwmXUEVEFBAKfY8F+hdiGHVJBtE0afO8iNM3VB/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:Yvy+6kqaPPM1J1YUl/KeibbyNDE= sha256:5MvijtAcs/w82m8SD+22gKGTqUgfrp45uWK8RlwoN/Y= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2399 On 2024-07-10 20:57, rbowman wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:40:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote: > >> rbowman wrote at 03:27 this Tuesday (GMT): >>> On Tue, 9 Jul 2024 02:10:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote: >>> >>>> Well, curiosity killing the cat and all. >>> >>> Leaving a thumb drive laying on the sidewalk or a parking lot is a good >>> gag too. Some people just have to see what's on it. >> >> >> Have you ever done that? > > Loaded an unknown drive? Nope. I was even skeptical about using a drive > still in the plastic packaging that our company used as a gimme at shows. > > It's a popular technique. There was a suspicion that Israel fucked up the > air-gapped Iranian centrifuges that way. In some cities you can find usb sticks inserted in the mortar of a wall. Kind of similar to books hidden in a tree hole. I once found a stick in a rental flat. I did loo inside, to phone the people who had just left the flat if it was important. Turned out it was simply a damaged stick, worked for a while. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.