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Besides keyloggers, another reason people want this is because law enforcement has USB keepalive devices that will simulate mouse movement/keypresses to keep yo
by busterarm 6y ago
Besides keyloggers, another reason people want this is because law enforcement has USB keepalive devices that will simulate mouse movement/keypresses to keep your computer from going to sleep.
They do this to make sure your computer stays on and your RAM doesn't get powered off, which will allow them to read any decrypted data in memory whether or not your data is encrypted on disk.
When they raid you, they come with massive UPS devices that they plug your computers into to give them as long a window as possible to get your data.
- isatty 6y agoHow will they replug my single PSU workstation to their UPS’?
- jefftk 6y agoUse insulated tools and a steady hand to cut into the power cord and splice in the UPS. The UPS is configured to match phase with the power that's already in the cord.
- bsdz 6y ago.. or get a HotPlug https://www.cru-inc.com/products/wiebetech/hotplug_field_kit/ https://www.cru-inc.com/products/wiebetech/hotplug_field_kit... Just discovered this now myself. The same company sells mouse jigglers.
- jefftk 6y agoHotPlug is one of the turnkey versions of this, yes
- busterarm 6y agoWhich is why if you want to defend against the easy versions of these and make people have to do work, only plug your desktop PCs into standalone outputs not on a surge protector. Yes, it won't defend against cord cutting. Edit: A more interesting defense I think would be to modify a surge protector for this specifically to defeat HotPlug. Only put your computer on a specific outlet and wire it so that if any other outlets complete circuit to kill power to the whole thing.