Comment by triactual

Yeah, this is more of a UI problem that could be solved with a little effort. I would be concerned about a device that replaced the hub itself rather than simply adding a function. The core issue is that a system can always notify the user of newly connected devices (Windows seems to about half the time). But a malicious MCU emulating a hub and compromising or stealing data at the USB protocol level could appear exactly as expected. It could key log, inject, etc., undetected because it doesn’t have to interact with kernel drivers as anything other than the expected hub.