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[–] 24 points 10 months ago* (11 children)

I have heard of a gov employee keeping a usb cable in a locked cabinet because they thought it had leftover data after use.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Not actually an insane practice. There are compromised cables that look normal but have hidden storage to record data for later retrieval.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

    The problem isn't that they were keeping a USB cable in a secured location for security concerns, the problem was that they were doing so because they believed bits were left over in the copper itself and enough such that data would be recoverable. Like marbles through a tube.

    I do hope the practice was due to your point and that the particular person was just naive, misinterpreting a presumably shitty PowerPoint.

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