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There are better details on this web page for the vulnerability, apparently it affects Mac, Windows, Linux computers with default configs: https://samy.pl/pois

• fulafel 10y ago
  Is there really a vulnerability in the sense of a security bug here? It's a cool demo of what happens if your computer is connected to an untrusted network, and a good lesson of why you always treat the network as untrusted. It's doubly surprising that the reporter doesn't recognize that USB is used for wired networking, since Macbook Airs always use USB for that!
  • grey-area 10y ago
    Well I think the bug is that even when asleep/locked computers will allow a USB device to connect, and give it a network interface, I can't think of a reason that's a good idea, and even if it was useful, it's too dangerous to allow.