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It seems like it wouldn't be a stretch to make a USB webcam that presented an "animated" infrared image -- would that defeat this fix?

What I'd really like is the system to consider every new USB device untrusted, and require specific approval before it's added as a device. This should apply to its capabilities too (eg: if a "keyboard" suddenly is presenting itself as storage, that causes a prompt). Think along the lines of "Acme WebCam XYZ wants to add a Camera and Microphone. Allow?"

And while the computer is locked this should absolutely be impossible.

I went looking for some commercial stuff, and there seems to be products aimed at businesses -- but seems these are centrally-managed, work by whitelisting specific devices ahead of time, and are more focused on data exfiltration than preventing a rogue keyboard, badusb or rubber ducky. Is there something that does this?

parent gregmac 5 years ago

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