This is much faster than other ways of cracking a computer though. I can see this working while someone steps away for a few minutes. Say you go in for a job i

This is much faster than other ways of cracking a computer though. I can see this working while someone steps away for a few minutes. Say you go in for a job interview at a company and the interviewer leaves for a minute with their computer locked but still on their desk. Most traditional methods would require you to move to the other side of the desk or pull the computer to you which is risky, but with this you can just reach over for a few seconds. Not to mention many traditional attacks require rebooting the computer to a bootable CD which will be suspicious if the user has an active login system and all the sudden all their apps are closed. Or say you are at a doctor's office and there is no CD drive and rebooting the computer would be suspicious. I'm left unattended in exam rooms with computers all the time. I also imagine it could be fairly easily modified to act like a USB hub and be inserted between the computer and a legitimate device. Edit: Think of how less dramatic the scenes will be in Mr. Robot and the like if the "hacker" doesn't have to rush to get back to their seat just in-time for the target to get back to their desk.