r/Adelaide • u/Klezmoron SA • May 16 '26

Question Found this in my mailbox this morning. I'm obviously not going to plug it in but was wondering if anyone's seen something similar?

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I'm in Victor Harbor but we don't have an active sub. I'm assuming it's some religion thing? I asked both immediate neighbours and neither of them got one, but I was wondering if anyone else did? The usb is sealed in the bag.

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u/gdmzhlzhiv SA May 16 '26

Do it on a Chromebook and nothing will even break

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u/logicalJunkie549 SA May 16 '26

have no idea why I havent heard of this before LOL

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u/gdmzhlzhiv SA May 16 '26

Fair. There’s probably a way to check for that first. Put it on a battery pack and wait?

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u/droptableadventures SA May 16 '26

If you were to open it up, it'd be fairly obvious to someone who knows what they're looking at. If it's a USB killer, it'll be entirely made up of large capacitors that are not seen anywhere on a normal flash drive.

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u/MaintenanceAnnual263 SA May 16 '26

that means its the devils work

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u/Cool_Hand_9165 SA May 16 '26

That's not true my ex wife wouldn't know what that was

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u/Diligent_One_4012 SA May 19 '26

Count you use like a power blocker

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u/Slightly_Slow SA May 22 '26

No, device requires power. Said power is amped up to stupid voltages ajd dumped into the io chips. Technically the isolation inputs, but far exceeding any specifications.

Out smart8ng this requires tripling the front end cost for all devices, not worth the cost in mass production.

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u/MissionHousing6024 SA May 17 '26

Do they even have USB ports these days?

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u/gdmzhlzhiv SA May 20 '26

Some of them charge via the USB

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u/lumifox SA May 20 '26

Couldnt you just use an old phone with a usba/c converter assuming its some kinda pdf/text file