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arrow-up11.35Karrow-down1imagePlease check you kids' Halloween candy, everyones3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.comMasimatutu@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoUSB Killers are expensive though. No one’s intentionally ditching those for randos to find
minus-squareMossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoAre they? I thought they were basically just a few capacitors hooked up wrong to a USB port.
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoCapacitors alone are not enough.
minus-squareCephalonKappa@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoCapacitors a transistor and an op-amp. Thats a couple cents of components.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoExpensive is relative. You can find a sketchy USB Killer on AliExpress for like $6. Maybe expensive as a single throwaway device, but not very expensive to cause pure chaos to a bunch of random people.
minus-squareuis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhy would they? Simple boost coverter costs about 0.5€.
USB Killers are expensive though. No one’s intentionally ditching those for randos to find
Are they? I thought they were basically just a few capacitors hooked up wrong to a USB port.
Capacitors alone are not enough.
Capacitors a transistor and an op-amp. Thats a couple cents of components.
Still not enough
Whats missing?
Inductor and diode.
Expensive is relative. You can find a sketchy USB Killer on AliExpress for like $6.
Maybe expensive as a single throwaway device, but not very expensive to cause pure chaos to a bunch of random people.
Why would they? Simple boost coverter costs about 0.5€.