Subj : You find a USB stick on the ground in public, what do you do?
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Sep 17 2023 08:22 pm

  Re: You find a USB stick on the ground in public, what do you do?
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sun Sep 17 2023 06:52 pm

 >   Re: You find a USB stick on the ground in public, what do you do?
 >   By: Digital Man to  on Sun Sep 17 2023 02:57 pm
 >
 >  DM> (it's not your USB stick and you don't know where it came from)
 >
 > hmm..  DDMsgReader seems to be one off on voting on polls now (I know it
 > used to be correct); I intended to vote for throwing it into the trash can,
 > but it looks like it registered my vote as plugging it into a Wal-Mart
 > computer.
 >
 > I don't think I'd want to plug a random USB stick into any computer, unless
 > it was just a spare test computer and not connected to the internet (since I
 > don't know what's on it).  I'd wonder if someone might have malicious intent
 > by leaving a USB stick somewhere, but I doubt the police would want to spend
 > their time on it.

A malicious USB stick can actually physically destroy a computer (and possibly cause harm to people nearby):
https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/rule-of-thumb-usb-killers-pose-real-threat

Also, it's possible that a USB stick is not (just) a storage device, but could be a keyboard/mouse (HID) device disguised as a storage device, that when plugged in will do a bunch of things to/with your computer that you don't want.
https://blog.teamascend.com/rubber-ducky

There's more than just the 'autorun' of malware to be concerned about.

But yeah, you should fix that voting problem. Walmart would appreciate it. :-)
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