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		dzhiurgis on Oct 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Google plasma globe affair of 2012 That doesn't stop a keyboard that is actually backdoored to execute payload sometime much later after setup.

skybrian on Oct 10, 2022 | [–]

Sure, but it's not intended to. It's to prevent a device from pretending to be a keyboard without any user's knowledge.

anamexis on Oct 10, 2022 | [–]

No, but it does stop you from getting pwned by a plasma ball.

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