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What, it doesn't run Linux [1] ? [1] https://www.thirtythreeforty.net/posts/2019/12/my-business-card-runs-linux/ https://www.thirtythreeforty.net/posts/2019/12
by utopcell 5y ago
What, it doesn't run Linux [1] ?
[1] https://www.thirtythreeforty.net/posts/2019/12/my-business-card-runs-linux/ https://www.thirtythreeforty.net/posts/2019/12/my-business-c...
- throaway46546 5y ago>It has a USB port in the corner. If you plug it into a computer, it boots in about 6 seconds and shows up over USB as a flash drive and a virtual serial port that you can use to log into the card’s shell. No way I'm plugging a business card into my computer.
- moffkalast 5y agoWell, it does kind of have the name and contact info of the guy on the card. If something goes wrong you know where to find him and hit him with a wrench.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoUnless the attacker is using a false flag operation... Imagine if the card said Elon Musk, or for a proper tech hero, Steve Wozniak.
- moffkalast 5y agoI suppose that's true, but having it say that would be obviously fake. If you forge the details just slightly so that it's believable it would I guess work as an attack. Daily reminder to myself that there's no faith to be had in humanity.
- utopcell 5y agoNow now, you did click on a URL from an unknown host, didn't you ?
- 40four 5y agoHaha I remember this post, really cool stuff! When I clicked on this, I imagined it was going in the same direction, but unfortunately this card is only for aesthetics. It’s still really cool!
- avian 5y agoAh, good old 2019. A time when micros were still throw-away trinkets, not a rarity with a 80 week factory lead time.
- nielsole 5y agoOr be a midi keyboard: https://mitxela.com/projects/stylocard https://mitxela.com/projects/stylocard
- yardie 5y agoThe USB flash drive was neat but the embedded MIDI keyboard is pretty impressive!
- amelius 5y agoMost large companies don't allow arbitrary USB drives to be inserted into computers, let alone some guy's business card.