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At an old MacHack, someone was going around with a powerbook. They'd plug a cable into your mac, and start drawing things on your screen. More than a few orga

At an old MacHack, someone was going around with a powerbook. They'd plug a cable into your mac, and start drawing things on your screen. More than a few organizations shove hot glue into USB ports to secure the machine. It's hard enough to get machines secure from drive-by web browsing attacks. Getting them safe from physical access is substantially, substantially harder.

raverbashing 14y ago
Not very useful really Open machine and plug unglued USB connector to the motherboard. It is probably not that difficult to unglue the connector with a heat gun and some pliers or something.
- pyre 14y ago
  I'm guessing the point of hot-glueing USB ports is to prevent drive-by attacks, not to prevent someone that can steal the computer from doing something to it.
  - speedyrev 14y ago
    Sealing usb ports was more about keeping employees from bringing in and spreading infections on thumbdrives.
    - pyre 14y ago
      It also prevents 'cleaning lady'-type attacks (or malicious co-workers), which is what I was alluding to.