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The USB killer I tested on my own old laptop in Denver
I plugged a $29 USB killer into my 2012 ThinkPad just to see what would happen and it fried the motherboard in under 2 seconds, so now I always check any charging cable from a hotel room, has anyone else actually tested one of these things on their own hardware?
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the_henry9d ago
Whoa that is wild, two seconds is faster than I would have guessed for older hardware. Did the ThinkPad make any noise or show anything on the screen before it died, or was it just instant black? Also curious what made you pick the 2012 model for the test instead of something you cared less about. And after seeing it happen, what exactly do you look for now when you check those hotel cables?
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