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> I'm not sure how open these things are at the moment, but I imagine if a device registers as a mouse, it should have limited functionality. You should read a
by JdeBP 11y ago
> I'm not sure how open these things are at the moment, but I imagine if a device registers as a mouse, it should have limited functionality.
You should read all about "BadUSB". What you imagine is not the way that the world, in particular USB, actually works.
- ownagefool 11y agoWhilst that's interesting, it's not what I was talking about and it's actually the opposite. For example, just because I can tell your device that it should read /secret, doesn't mean the computer it's plugged into will let it. With that said, I wouldn't be suprised if you were right either, but that's going to need a different google search. Thanks for the link nonetheless.