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I wonder whether that’s a sensible position or just paranoia. I have no reason to believe that someone who hands me over his card wants to infect my PC, that se
by ugh 16y ago
I wonder whether that’s a sensible position or just paranoia. I have no reason to believe that someone who hands me over his card wants to infect my PC, that seems just absurd to me. Any such infection would have to be accidental and I don’t know how likely that is. Should I also reject USB drives my friends give me when they want to share something with me? It seems like I should if USB drives are really that dangerous.
- klochner 16y agoI doubt anyone that who unknowingly transmitted stuxnet expected that the system would be infected. I also don't understand why people even use USB drives given that cloud storage is so cheap and accessible. Throw the files on dropbox, grab anywhere, share with anyone.
- ugh 16y agoI have no control over other people nor would I want to. That brings up an interesting point, though. Would it be possible for worms to use Dropbox to spread?
- viraptor 16y agoPutting 2GB on a USB drive and handing it to someone else is easy. Uploading 2GB to dropbox... not really. Re. transmitting viruses: if you believe in corporate espionage happening these days, this is a great vector of attack. Hand a card like that to a middle level manager who knows little about technology but has relatively broad access rights and you're in.