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Do you protect your USB port?

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Do you protect your USB port?

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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days ago

GitHub - USBShield/USBShield: USBShield protects your Windows from unauthorized USB devices

USBShield protects your Windows from unauthorized USB devices - USBShield/USBShield

…by physically removing a port (who would do that) or using the software?

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True, USBGuard is using a mechanism that has been present on Linux since year 2007.

https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt

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