On Sat, 3 Dec 2016 16:36:36 +0000 (UTC), RS Wood
<rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:

From the «plug into your ass for bonus points» department:
Title: The 'USB Killer' Has Been Mass Produced -- Available Online For About $50
Author: help@slashdot.org
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 20:25:00 -0500
Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/hAudAdRP9oo/the-usb-killer-has-been-mass-produced----available-online-for-about-50

New submitter npslider writes: The "USB Killer," a USB stick that fries almost >everything that it is plugged into, has been mass produced -- available online >for about $50. Ars Technica first wrote about this diabolical device that looks
like a fairly humdrum memory stick a year ago. From the report: "The USB Killer
is shockingly simple in its operation. As soon as you plug it in, a DC-to-DC >converter starts drawing power from the host system and storing electricity in >its bank of capacitors (the square-shaped components).

You won't get much of a capacitor in something the
size of a USB stick ...

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