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		lazide on May 15, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A low budget consumer hardware espionage implant (... It would ‘work’ - but not be useful, because you’d already expect a circuit in that location.

oasisaimlessly on May 15, 2024 [–]

No; USB2 cables are passive and shouldn't have any circuitry.

lazide on May 15, 2024 | [–]

On the keyboard and the USB controller on the host (right next to the port) however…

So unless they’re dumb enough to put it literally in the middle of the cable? My point stands. These tools don’t typically have the resolution to tell.

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