standard plug and play security convenience tradeoff thing

Posted Mar 16, 2019 1:51 UTC (Sat) by Garak (guest, #99377)
In reply to: The Thunderclap vulnerabilities by nivedita76
Parent article: The Thunderclap vulnerabilities

Not for at least 5 years,-

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/inside-the-nsas-leaked-catalog-of-surveillance-magic/

the NSA has built and deployed its own USB cables at target locations—complete with spy hardware and radio transceiver packed inside."

I also recall a few articles from those key early Snowden days where one of the oddly louder complaints from the government about Snowden's leak related to them having to replace a large number of cables.

The COTTONMOUTH series of implants are USB devices that provide a covert wireless bridge into a target network. They can be integrated into any USB plug, so check your mouse.