COMPUTER DESTRUCTION (GONE DEADLY)

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    Computer destruction... is it really as easy as plugging in a USB device?
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  • @bacplayz4887
    @bacplayz4887 Před 7 lety +2567

    can i plug this into myself cuz midterm week

    • @abhinavpandey2604
      @abhinavpandey2604 Před 7 lety +13

      xSGKx Bu11et U that comeback is beyond the words of any modern human

    • @jason200912
      @jason200912 Před 7 lety +22

      +Bac Playz
      most suicide college students just hang themseles in their dorms

    • @KingCreepa
      @KingCreepa Před 7 lety +9

      Just plug it into ever pc you touch and tell your professor that you have your midterm or entire semesters notes on there and you dont know why computers turn off when you put it in

    • @juancruzmarquez5502
      @juancruzmarquez5502 Před 7 lety

      Bac Playz lol

    • @SantiagoMonroy5
      @SantiagoMonroy5 Před 7 lety

      Sub to me

  • @OrangeC7
    @OrangeC7 Před 6 lety +1721

    What's this white USB stick doing on my floor... I wonder what it does...
    _picks up USB Killer_
    _plugs it into the de-_

  • @thomasdavis8722
    @thomasdavis8722 Před 4 lety +700

    "You shouldn't try this on your friends computer cause it illegal." **provides link to buy usb killer in description**

    • @crispy9542
      @crispy9542 Před 3 lety +4

      shit that really happened

    • @swordcrafted
      @swordcrafted Před 3 lety +14

      its illegal because you’re destroying something that is not your property.. idk if its legal if you use it in your own technology tho

    • @naj4261
      @naj4261 Před 3 lety +3

      Dood ! Thats a stupid explanation. Imagine that: Person A installs a bomb in Person Bs Car, which is activated by their car keys. If Person B presses on their car key button and his car explodes, is it his fault that his car got destroyed? Obviously not. By your logic, most hackers wouldnt do anything illegal.

    • @kazuvids6534
      @kazuvids6534 Před 3 lety

      i litteraly had in mind to test it on ma friends

    • @kazuvids6534
      @kazuvids6534 Před 3 lety

      i would tell him what i would do tho he wouldnt believe me haha

  • @aidanwilcox5261
    @aidanwilcox5261 Před 4 lety +2754

    I used it on my old nokia
    The USB killer died.

    • @Lunayyy
      @Lunayyy Před 4 lety +30

      Wait what

    • @Abcd123Alex
      @Abcd123Alex Před 4 lety +8

      Wth

    • @s4rg380
      @s4rg380 Před 4 lety +95

      Yeah, old Nokias were un-killable...

    • @s4rg380
      @s4rg380 Před 4 lety +31

      I still have a working 3310 does not support modern simcard though.

    • @frozone2366
      @frozone2366 Před 4 lety +2

      Sgt van der Walt my man

  • @NunoBroski
    @NunoBroski Před 7 lety +1226

    Can you change the profile pic of your youtube account? Something more generic and connected to brand in general, not the person.
    no disrespect to linus, hes awesome but you should change it

    • @LinusTechTips
      @LinusTechTips  Před 7 lety +612

      +Nuno Ferreira this assignment has been on Ed's desk for months :p

    • @blakebennett8646
      @blakebennett8646 Před 7 lety +24

      LinusTechTips I like it!

    • @NunoBroski
      @NunoBroski Před 7 lety +23

      LinusTechTips Uau you actually answered! Thank you, love your videos. I only play on consoles but I always try to learn something about pcs in your videos!

    • @TheShoxter
      @TheShoxter Před 7 lety +3

      do you guys have an LTT monogram? just do that

    • @reanimationxp
      @reanimationxp Před 7 lety +29

      I, for one, welcome Linus's face. He made this shit, he owns this shit.. let him own it.

  • @gs9976
    @gs9976 Před 7 lety +1246

    in computer security, if an attacker has physical access, all bets are off

    • @julienfoss1392
      @julienfoss1392 Před 7 lety +138

      like i could buy this thing or just use a hammer

    • @shmubogdan9624
      @shmubogdan9624 Před 6 lety +71

      but you are spotted instantly. with usb you are more discrete.

    • @pwnmeisterage
      @pwnmeisterage Před 6 lety +82

      Some dicks plant USB killers in public "USB drops" so random strangers can fry their laptops/phones.
      The only thing worse than a dick is a dickless dick.

    • @SexyTechSupport
      @SexyTechSupport Před 6 lety +33

      It's common sense though. Would you inject something that you got of the ground into your veins?

    • @chownful
      @chownful Před 6 lety +4

      A proper security policy with common defense in depth layers can greatly increase an individual's ability to protect their data from the attacker even if they have physical access. You can take it pretty far even to the point of creating custom triggers that will set off an event in case someone is able to break into the computer case to try and connect USB headers or the like.

  • @dvf1736
    @dvf1736 Před 6 lety +2449

    So if your computer has no power, the USB killer can't kill it. Bottom line, never plug in your PC

  • @notoriousrome5985
    @notoriousrome5985 Před 4 lety +141

    Electric cars:
    chuckles *IM IN DANGER*

    • @Predalien3001
      @Predalien3001 Před 3 lety +3

      Doesn't even need to be an EV. Nowadays pretty much every can that you can buy new (except a Caterham, those are as analogue as they get) has its engine, suspension, steering, etc connected to the electronics you find in the interior, so if that dies, the car most likely will die as well. Hell, my uncle is a mechanic, and he once had a Mercedes shutting down its engine every 5 km, not because there was something wrong with the engine of fuel pumping, but because of a bug in the programming related with the AddBlue system. The car was “fixed” with a fucking software update at Mercedes itself without a single bolt being loosed. So if a bug can brick your car, imagine a USB killer. Thank god I drive a 1993 car, don't have to deal with that shit in the slightest :P.

    • @omair.raza1
      @omair.raza1 Před 3 lety +1

      It works on has gas cars as well

    • @Predalien3001
      @Predalien3001 Před 3 lety +1

      @@omair.raza1 yeah, pretty much everything with an ECU connected to a USB port.

    • @drcyb3r
      @drcyb3r Před 3 lety +1

      Some Trucks use USB ports as diagnostics ports. I think it would kill the management of the car.

    • @drcyb3r
      @drcyb3r Před 3 lety +1

      @@Predalien3001 A car that uses AdBlue is supposed to limit its power to a minimum when the tank is empty. At least in Germany some Trucks are modified with little dongles to drive without expencive AdBlue. But its illegal.

  • @rentacowisgoogle
    @rentacowisgoogle Před 7 lety +1576

    "Got you this sweet looking USB drive for Christmas fam."

  • @bobowon5450
    @bobowon5450 Před 7 lety +1353

    WHY WOULD ANYONE CREATE THIS?!

    • @j97n75
      @j97n75 Před 7 lety +149

      To test vulnerabilities?

    • @zzjackson8374
      @zzjackson8374 Před 7 lety +348

      Bobo Won some people just want to watch the world burn

    • @ziothrowaway4820
      @ziothrowaway4820 Před 7 lety +11

      The batman reference XD

    • @Mike_Hogsheart
      @Mike_Hogsheart Před 7 lety +132

      To put pressure on hardware manufacturers so that they fix that shit. The more common devices like this are, the sooner manufacturers will have to act, which will benefit all of us.

    • @abhinavpandey2604
      @abhinavpandey2604 Před 7 lety +59

      Look at my profile picture and you will find the answer

  • @arathelmcarthur8573
    @arathelmcarthur8573 Před 5 lety +318

    Machines: The age of the machines has begun
    USB Killer: Allow us to introduce ourselves

    • @heelgreenranger
      @heelgreenranger Před 3 lety +6

      I feel like the USBK would be the equivalent of a double agent

    • @sokolaad1238
      @sokolaad1238 Před 3 lety +3

      i kinda doubt that terminators have usb ports, but who knows

  • @louisvanrooyen
    @louisvanrooyen Před 6 lety +101

    Me: *Plugs into Linus's server*
    Linus: "FUUUUUUUUCK"

  • @ArcadeMasters
    @ArcadeMasters Před 7 lety +1371

    "180tb server" Little did they know... in just a few months they would have a 1000tb server.....

    • @danielricher6423
      @danielricher6423 Před 5 lety +2

      LOL!!!

    • @kavinshanbhag7097
      @kavinshanbhag7097 Před 5 lety

      they have it now

    • @philippham2824
      @philippham2824 Před 5 lety +2

      @@mahfujurrahman4846 same thing dumbass

    • @RinaldoJonathan
      @RinaldoJonathan Před 5 lety +14

      @@philippham2824 sounds way cooler as "petabyte"

    • @ErisEntropy
      @ErisEntropy Před 5 lety +11

      @@philippham2824 Actually, they're quite the opposite of a "dumbass" to know that they're about equivalent... except 1 Petabyte is actually 1024TB

  • @firstnamelastname6118
    @firstnamelastname6118 Před 7 lety +723

    I keep trying to plug in my USB but this one killer keeps overvolting my ports

  • @berniecerri4788
    @berniecerri4788 Před 5 lety +230

    You wanna buy some deathsticks

    • @jlco
      @jlco Před 5 lety +35

      You do not want to sell me -a USB killer- deathsticks.
      You want to go home and rethink your life.

    • @subscribeordiefukyou
      @subscribeordiefukyou Před 5 lety +4

      Hell yeah I'm in

    • @berniecerri4788
      @berniecerri4788 Před 5 lety +9

      I want to go home and rethink my life?

    • @kingxzi
      @kingxzi Před 4 lety

      @@berniecerri4788 no

    • @kingxzi
      @kingxzi Před 4 lety +1

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  • @MatthewHodges
    @MatthewHodges Před 5 lety +87

    Person: Finally, I plugged my USB port so nobody can destroy my PC!
    Teenager: _Takes off plug_

    • @usa1world
      @usa1world Před 3 lety +2

      Person: surprised pikachu face

    • @eepymeowers
      @eepymeowers Před 3 lety +1

      You could just use the BIOS or other special software to disable all vulnerable ports, like the person that made that Samsung Netbook filled with malware “art” that went for a few million did.

  • @verward
    @verward Před 7 lety +105

    I don't get why this is such a big deal. If I gave someone full access to my laptop he could also just throw it out of a window. Can't I just assume people aren't assholes?

    • @verward
      @verward Před 7 lety

      ***** so don't plug random usb sticks in your laptop...

    • @uberboat4512
      @uberboat4512 Před 7 lety +9

      Ward Huyskes its like USB AIDS. Don't have sex with random people or you will get aids. Don't plug random USB sticks into your PC or it will get AIDS.

    • @user-ip9nv9fo1p
      @user-ip9nv9fo1p Před 7 lety

      Don't take that risk, it's 2016

    • @sirwinsdor4144
      @sirwinsdor4144 Před 7 lety +4

      Harold no 2017 grandad

    • @argmarc
      @argmarc Před 7 lety +1

      Well it's just too easy, and i guess "tempting" to plug in a "Killer usb" and see what happens.

  • @abhinavpandey2604
    @abhinavpandey2604 Před 7 lety +634

    What do I call a very large mouse
    Linus

    • @Bhavikh
      @Bhavikh Před 7 lety +17

      Abhinav Pandey I thought I was the only one who thought Linus looked like "Biker Mice"

    • @UaE0BoSS1
      @UaE0BoSS1 Před 7 lety

      ayy lmao

    • @WayToManyAssassins
      @WayToManyAssassins Před 7 lety

      #LinusTechTips

    • @ELECTROHAXZ
      @ELECTROHAXZ Před 7 lety

      Would a zener diode protect a pc from this?

    • @quetzalcoatl4184
      @quetzalcoatl4184 Před 7 lety

      Why would you post this where a guy asked what he calls a very large mouse?

  • @trouty7947
    @trouty7947 Před 4 lety +57

    "On a Acer aspire one that was e waste"
    That's my lil baby laptop. I use it all the time ಥʖ̯ಥ

    • @quarantinecompute
      @quarantinecompute Před 4 lety

      Callum W hey i have one too!

    • @muhammedaljerari391
      @muhammedaljerari391 Před 3 lety

      Nugget dont forget linux

    • @eepymeowers
      @eepymeowers Před 3 lety +1

      Try me, I use a ASUS Eee PC successor as my main laptop.
      It’s a ASUS VivoBook E12 E203NAS-YS03 (Intel Celeron N3350, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC (dual booting heavily modded and customized Win10Pro and heavily modded and customized Ubuntu 20.04))

    • @craftyfish0
      @craftyfish0 Před 3 lety

      I have one... but I only use it as a server because it is garbage.

  • @neilsiebenthal9254
    @neilsiebenthal9254 Před 4 lety +9

    You could hear the sadness in his voice thinking about uselessly killing good hardware. I feel ya Luke.

  • @ewoenam9919
    @ewoenam9919 Před 7 lety +184

    bro that hella scary, I'm not even gonna let friends in my house anymore

    • @blackfallsgaming2009
      @blackfallsgaming2009 Před 7 lety +70

      Whats a friends?

    • @russelsegundo8865
      @russelsegundo8865 Před 7 lety

      SMERKY 157 do you have friends? Lol

    • @Tailslol
      @Tailslol Před 7 lety

      i can build this easily with a usb plug and a bug zapper,this is just a taser with a usb plug

    • @jeffreekenny
      @jeffreekenny Před 7 lety +9

      Tailslol will you stop putting this on everyones comments. no one cares

    • @ewoenam9919
      @ewoenam9919 Před 7 lety

      Russel Segundo yes, then i would have not made this comment, do you have friends? lol

  • @entropic7768
    @entropic7768 Před 7 lety +647

    What if i put a ton of these throughout my school floor and label them as 500 GB flash drives?

    • @wonderbread6100
      @wonderbread6100 Před 7 lety +68

      Davidog well don't tell anyone even close friends that you are doing it that's like a suspension just waiting am I right?

    • @entropic7768
      @entropic7768 Před 7 lety +5

      yea lol just a question not a plan lol

    • @hombreperro4547
      @hombreperro4547 Před 7 lety +9

      Davidog everyone dies

    • @tntdude64
      @tntdude64 Před 7 lety +6

      If they find you, you will most likely be suspended or expelled.

    • @xlChronos
      @xlChronos Před 7 lety +44

      The Reaper95 Not sure, if they can sue you in that case
      I mean, you just left it there, you didn't plug it into any PCs yourself

  • @imansaputra4322
    @imansaputra4322 Před 4 lety +25

    Imagine giving this to your friend and said that contains all of my secrets

    • @omair.raza1
      @omair.raza1 Před 3 lety +3

      They will kill me ripping out all my organs leaving a bloody mess

  • @roel7930
    @roel7930 Před 4 lety +76

    Imagine having a usb port
    Meme was made by apple macbook gang

    • @Nikon_
      @Nikon_ Před 3 lety +13

      Imagine having a macbook
      This reply was made by windows / linux gang

    • @eepymeowers
      @eepymeowers Před 3 lety

      Just get a dang adapter. It’ll still work!

    • @Nikon_
      @Nikon_ Před 3 lety +3

      @Mine Gamer imagine having a phone
      this post was made by Samsung Smart Fridge Gang

    • @brandonljikovic1453
      @brandonljikovic1453 Před 3 lety

      They have attatchments for everything you can think of even plugging into an ethernet input. They really got their boom stick this time

    • @Nikon_
      @Nikon_ Před 3 lety

      @Mine Gamer imagine having a letter.
      this comment was made by stone engraving gang.

  • @plaidzior
    @plaidzior Před 7 lety +429

    i would give i to my teacher and say "here's my presentation"

    • @holygoat188
      @holygoat188 Před 7 lety +39

      Adrian Adi not if your school computers are connected to a network. you'd only be breaking what I can imagine is a £200 piece of shit

    • @jerrylindstrom3323
      @jerrylindstrom3323 Před 7 lety +12

      then say oops wrong one

    • @Mr_Tralala
      @Mr_Tralala Před 7 lety +10

      @Jack Cantwell But doesn't that constitute as vandalism?

    • @chandrashekard.7543
      @chandrashekard.7543 Před 7 lety +9

      Plaid lol, but seriously though don't do it. just don't be a dick.

    • @holygoat188
      @holygoat188 Před 7 lety +1

      Trevor Leong not if it is an "accident" ;)

  • @antonwilen269
    @antonwilen269 Před 7 lety +2044

    can I not just download the USB killer, like I download RAM?

    • @Piipperi800
      @Piipperi800 Před 7 lety +26

      Anton Wilén is this a joke?

    • @siggii93
      @siggii93 Před 7 lety +88

      i think this should be possible, you just need a 16GB usb stick

    • @MardeonasFail
      @MardeonasFail Před 7 lety +86

      It is the same, I tried it, and it worked. Exactly the same as downloading ram

    • @blightning1476
      @blightning1476 Před 7 lety +191

      Just be careful, you could delete the internet.

    • @boristheblade209
      @boristheblade209 Před 7 lety +97

      Do you have a link for your RAM downloads?
      Every time i download RAM i get a virus.

  • @caroncomp
    @caroncomp Před 5 lety +39

    *plugs usb killer into a laptop*
    Luke: Wait, that’s illegal.

  • @jamesmiddleton8335
    @jamesmiddleton8335 Před 5 lety +20

    0:23 i never knew that you could plug something into a usb stick

    • @christophersandoval3396
      @christophersandoval3396 Před 4 lety +1

      James Middleton I think is for like to charge it when it kills the machine

    • @bernardschmitt6389
      @bernardschmitt6389 Před 3 lety

      The cap on the usb stick? The thing covering the usb? That is just a thing to keep dust out of it.

  • @sofloantonio6845
    @sofloantonio6845 Před 6 lety +546

    NASA: we have the best anti-virus and software so powerful it helps steering a rockets
    SOME DUDE W/ FEW BATTERIES GLUED TOGETHER: lol k

    • @revolution5547
      @revolution5547 Před 4 lety +1

      I think they have protection

    • @revolution5547
      @revolution5547 Před 4 lety +6

      @Xenon the Noble Gas SMORTS

    • @drcyb3r
      @drcyb3r Před 3 lety

      They'll have the usb ports on their devices disabled.

    • @diangthericeball
      @diangthericeball Před 3 lety +1

      This isn't a software problem like viruses, this is on a hardware level, so an antivirus probably won't do anything, except for the off-chance that the antivirus disallows certain USB devices based on certain definitions of what a harmful USB device is.

    • @diangthericeball
      @diangthericeball Před 3 lety

      AO1337 exactly my point.

  • @TheKyleAye
    @TheKyleAye Před 7 lety +560

    Will this thing work if I plug this into my mother-in-law?

    • @richardkonsky
      @richardkonsky Před 7 lety +18

      if she is a robot.

    • @amrojjeh
      @amrojjeh Před 7 lety +14

      I don't think robots have usb ports.

    • @snae227
      @snae227 Před 7 lety +3

      Amr Ojjeh
      you'd be amazed at what you'd discover :/
      be wary of scarring though

    • @YarugumaSou
      @YarugumaSou Před 7 lety +7

      But what if her "default state" is even worse?

    • @RickTrajan
      @RickTrajan Před 7 lety +3

      try plugging something else, might work better

  • @Uzerzz
    @Uzerzz Před 5 lety +328

    Try plugging it into a plane
    Jk

    • @taylorg7352
      @taylorg7352 Před 5 lety +27

      Uhh captain, my phone has stopped charging!

    • @Entropy67
      @Entropy67 Před 5 lety +1

      @@taylorg7352 Wait wouldn't anyones phone that was connected at the time die too?

    • @acywei
      @acywei Před 5 lety +40

      @@Entropy67 Plane USB ports are isolated and the only result would be a blown fuse on whatever bank/usb controller your usb outlet is associated with, aka you and your neighbor get no power. The rest of passengers won't even be affected.

    • @taylorg7352
      @taylorg7352 Před 5 lety +3

      Plug it into the main computer

    • @acywei
      @acywei Před 5 lety +18

      @@taylorg7352 Doesn't exist. If you are saying avionics, that has a breaker and would kill the port upon detecting such high power. That and avionics is located in the cockpit, gl getting in there with a USB killer.
      end point: planes are built to be redundant.
      Fun fact twin turbine airliners technically only need one engine to fly, they put 2 cause redundant.

  • @Edith_PC
    @Edith_PC Před 6 lety +322

    *Remember, no Russian*

  • @karkinissan
    @karkinissan Před 7 lety +2903

    COMPUTER DESTRUCTION (GONE DEADLY) **POLICE CAME** **GONE VIOLENT**

  • @jonathanjohndavid7385
    @jonathanjohndavid7385 Před 7 lety +427

    50 years ago guns
    50 years later usb killers

  • @bancorv8447
    @bancorv8447 Před 3 lety +3

    the first time I watched this I actually stopped when he plugged in the usb to the computer because I thought it was really dead

  • @madredsquirrel
    @madredsquirrel Před 5 lety

    thanks for the heads up new to comp-tech hence the need to watch your shows thank you from a retire

  • @haymantaylor7583
    @haymantaylor7583 Před 7 lety +212

    In the wrong hands, this is roughly as dangerous as a glass of water.

    • @sergeantseven4240
      @sergeantseven4240 Před 5 lety +8

      Right? What the hell is the point? Just smash it with a hammer and be done with it.

    • @petxblin3554
      @petxblin3554 Před 5 lety

      Fakkkk You. CZcams 🎉🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @petxblin3554
      @petxblin3554 Před 5 lety

      Fakkkk You. CZcams 🇬🇧🇬🇧🔫👮👮👮👮👮👮🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚔🚔🚔🚔🚔

    • @petxblin3554
      @petxblin3554 Před 5 lety

      🚚🚚🚲🚲🚲🛵🛵🛵🚓🚓🚓🚓🚓🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑🥋🥊🥊🥅🏅🥇🥇🥈🥉🇩🇪vs🇭🇷

    • @jgt2598
      @jgt2598 Před 5 lety +5

      No, water has a MUCH higher chance of doing permanent damage.

  • @KevinBowie
    @KevinBowie Před 7 lety +438

    I wonder if anyone has taken a USB killer to a Apple store?

    • @Royalyeo
      @Royalyeo Před 7 lety +22

      Kevin Bowie for what i have heard it doesn't work against Mac's 😥

    • @KevinBowie
      @KevinBowie Před 7 lety +14

      Rory Henriquez I just saw a video from this channel that has killed a Mac O_o.

    • @Royalyeo
      @Royalyeo Před 7 lety +5

      Kevin Bowie my bad it doesn't work on the MacBook pro or the air , time togo kill some IPhones i guess

    • @chrisbrandon1111
      @chrisbrandon1111 Před 7 lety +5

      they have a clever little USB voltage shutof on their PC's, and on some of their newer phones

    • @cdpch
      @cdpch Před 7 lety +19

      Rory Henriquez EverythingApplePro killed the MacBook 2016 with a USB killer.

  • @JaedenKing
    @JaedenKing Před 5 lety +14

    "OH MY GOD. I'm going to get fired. I didn't think that would actually work" DEAD

  • @McTroyd
    @McTroyd Před 4 lety +7

    Even better - you system doesn’t even need to be “on”! If it supplies standby power to USB (perhaps for “charging” devices) this will still go zap.

  • @tanmaysahoo7416
    @tanmaysahoo7416 Před 7 lety +443

    "The US govt suggests not plugging things into your computer"
    That's so nice of you

    • @gxronimo4474
      @gxronimo4474 Před 7 lety +23

      "Do not plug an unknown USB drive into your computer"
      That all the website says. Simple OPSEC.

    • @agro2911
      @agro2911 Před 6 lety +2

      What about my porn flash drive?

    • @eddiespaghetti54321
      @eddiespaghetti54321 Před 6 lety

      Tanmay Sahoo They just want you to use cloud so great they can track it.

    • @pwnmeisterage
      @pwnmeisterage Před 6 lety +7

      US gov probably arrived at those decisive findings after a $200M study, 24-month engineering analysis, panel discussions and committee interviews of leading security experts, etc. A comprehensive 2500-page report can probably be downloaded. Assuming it's not classified.

    • @alex-yj9jx
      @alex-yj9jx Před 6 lety

      Tanmay Sahoo thanks goverment

  • @paulsotenko2189
    @paulsotenko2189 Před 7 lety +275

    cant Kill my 2016 MacBook Pro.. no ports!! haha

    • @satisphy15
      @satisphy15 Před 7 lety +12

      next thing u know an adapter

    • @paulsotenko2189
      @paulsotenko2189 Před 7 lety

      lol

    • @jayalison1357
      @jayalison1357 Před 7 lety +18

      hand me your laptop
      *dunks in water*
      voila!
      dead....

    • @paulsotenko2189
      @paulsotenko2189 Před 7 lety

      Jay Alison lol, no.

    • @chbrules
      @chbrules Před 7 lety

      $20 says I could easily kill it with some basic electronics components and a USB-C type head.

  • @MuqeeTech
    @MuqeeTech Před 4 lety +9

    We will have flying cars in 2019
    2019 : Usb condoms...

  • @MancoBlanco
    @MancoBlanco Před 3 lety +4

    Luke: it can basically kill any device
    CZcams: where you can buy this product

    • @harleyme3163
      @harleyme3163 Před 3 lety

      lol funny fraud,, usb is 5 volts.. it would require a transfor 5inches sqaure to step it up to 100 volts lets alone 300 lol amazing these idiots dont think about learning basic electronics...
      usb killer, aka usb PORT... like it says.... not pc killer its a usb killer lol which only really take 7 or 8 volts....

  • @irun_mon
    @irun_mon Před 7 lety +209

    Why is it legal to sell this? it's basically a tech weapon

    • @mygetrichslowplan
      @mygetrichslowplan Před 7 lety +38

      Because, as with most things, it is up to people how they use it. A man could use a truck to run down a bunch of holiday shoppers (too soon?), so should we never sell motor vehicles? A knife can be used to stab/cut someone, should we never sell knives? All it takes is one person to have a legitimate use case for this that ISN'T illegal (say, making a video about it?) and at that point we should trust people to do the right thing, even if sometimes they don't.
      Creating a nanny state where we wrap everything in bubble wrap and constantly surveille people to keep them from hurting themselves and each other is not the proper solution.

    • @zoravar.k7904
      @zoravar.k7904 Před 7 lety +92

      mygetrichslowplan Unlike a truck, or a knife, this device has no other utility than for killing the motherboards of one's enemies.

    • @TheVexCortex
      @TheVexCortex Před 7 lety +8

      Or you can use it on your old stuff that you throw out anyway to keep that creepy guy going through your trash from coming back.

    • @junilog
      @junilog Před 7 lety +9

      its main purpose is for companies to check their port's defense against overvoltage/whatever it called (Some devices' ports are immune to this USB killer, like iPhone's lightning port.)

    • @W0rmhandler
      @W0rmhandler Před 7 lety +4

      Then why do we have guns? Say someone comes at me with a samsung galaxy S1? do i just let them blow me up?

  • @hobotim8656
    @hobotim8656 Před 7 lety +72

    The question is and will always remain, why. Why was it even made?

    • @THEmickTHEgun
      @THEmickTHEgun Před 7 lety +1

      Incase you have important documents on your computer (or something of importance) you could quickly plug it into your own computer if you were ever atttacked or someone tried to steal your computer and get things from it. I assume this is one of many reasons.

    • @hobotim8656
      @hobotim8656 Před 7 lety +16

      THEmickTHEgun I doubt it would do anything to your hard drives. Your mobo would be fucked but your hard drives would be fine.

    • @Ryuuko3
      @Ryuuko3 Před 7 lety +11

      im sure at 100% the ubs killer don't kill an hard drive or ssd

    • @ABaumstumpf
      @ABaumstumpf Před 7 lety +1

      Why not?
      We make shit cause we can - and this thing is a fun project :)

    • @SaHaRaSquad
      @SaHaRaSquad Před 7 lety +1

      +THEmickTHEgun Even if the HDD's internals are dead the data would still be there and readable by specialists as they are based on magnetism, not electricity.
      If you want to protect data you can just encrypt them and don't need to wreck any hardware.

  • @MDLuffy1234YT
    @MDLuffy1234YT Před 4 lety +3

    4:18 that was my first laptop. I was more hyped for spectrobes origins that Christmas

  • @danielricher6423
    @danielricher6423 Před 5 lety

    THX for the info Linus and Gang!

  • @CaveyMoth
    @CaveyMoth Před 7 lety +892

    The USB killer is just as deadly to computers as removing the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 was to Apple's sales.

    • @Lehtaan
      @Lehtaan Před 7 lety +36

      not at all?

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth Před 7 lety +5

      Lehtaan You're right...

    • @IDKOKIDK
      @IDKOKIDK Před 7 lety +10

      So you're saying it's not deadly at all. *WRONG*
      This is like guy using a confusing incorrect this is like analogy

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth Před 7 lety +10

      ***** In my mind, making a horrible mistake would actually affect Apple's sales. Reality is just..weird.

    • @frankunderwood1898
      @frankunderwood1898 Před 7 lety +6

      I don't know what do you see more often an iPhone 6 or an iPhone 7? And btw the iPhone 7 sales were healthy at the beginning but decreased relatively fast.

  • @HudsonGTV
    @HudsonGTV Před 7 lety +59

    Next video: Computer Destruction (GONE SEXUAL)

  • @gavattackofficial5012
    @gavattackofficial5012 Před 6 lety +34

    I am making a SD card Killer, which does potentially the same thing, just fits in SD card slots. Might send you guys a dev copy. Also, a dev copy of the Micro SD Killer, but so far, the Micro SD takes 2 minutes to kill most devices.

  • @tomstaunton1804
    @tomstaunton1804 Před 6 lety +148

    Wow, he predicted he'd 're fired like 1 year ago

    • @daneallsaleem3174
      @daneallsaleem3174 Před 6 lety +17

      Wait, was he actually fired?

    • @militaryman7778
      @militaryman7778 Před 5 lety +29

      Daneall Saleem no he works in their float plane development section now

    • @kewlnes987
      @kewlnes987 Před 5 lety +8

      @@militaryman7778 so was he fired or was this a joke. I don't get what that job position means maybe your being sarcastic?

    • @militaryman7778
      @militaryman7778 Před 5 lety +14

      it was a joke, Float Plane is Linus Media Groups version of youtube. Luke was not fired. He is still on their WAN show to this day aswell

    • @kewlnes987
      @kewlnes987 Před 5 lety +6

      @@militaryman7778 oh ok thx for explaining. Just started getting into linus channel so I wasnt sure

  • @jjbarajas5341
    @jjbarajas5341 Před 7 lety +1038

    Oh, you say you just bought a $2000 gaming pc?
    It would be a shame
    if something were to
    happen to it. . .

  • @aciloraphael
    @aciloraphael Před 7 lety +78

    PLUG IT TO THE MAIN SERVER LOL

    • @lukekooy6585
      @lukekooy6585 Před 7 lety +7

      Using the fact that you are safe behind a computer screen to put someone down> sad

    • @aciloraphael
      @aciloraphael Před 7 lety +5

      too much h8 m8

    • @aciloraphael
      @aciloraphael Před 7 lety +3

      do you think they will ever do that? -_-
      LMG is not dumb, you know?

  • @ChrisShockz
    @ChrisShockz Před 5 lety

    U just unleashed the beast by making this video

  • @Sevenyxxtimes7xx
    @Sevenyxxtimes7xx Před 6 lety

    I didn't know about this untill now, thanks. ill use it.

  • @MsHUGSaLOT
    @MsHUGSaLOT Před 7 lety +44

    5:19 how can a device like this get CE certification!?!?!??!?!

    • @ohyou_6599
      @ohyou_6599 Před 7 lety +18

      With a sticker and 3 seconds of time?

    • @franml007
      @franml007 Před 7 lety +11

      They've tested it, it wasn't any problem XD

    • @danielcrocker
      @danielcrocker Před 7 lety +9

      It's the Chinese Export version of CE. Very slight difference in the "font" used.

    • @MrHack4never
      @MrHack4never Před 6 lety +1

      HUGSaLOT Valkyrie
      The CE mark is something a company puts on their products to show that their item follows CE regulations
      It's not a test facility, it's a promise the company makes

  • @nawazwaseem2219
    @nawazwaseem2219 Před 7 lety +29

    I have an ingenious way to protect your computer..... It's called a door key.

    • @Damstructions-funny
      @Damstructions-funny Před 7 lety +20

      But, the windows...

    • @nawazwaseem2219
      @nawazwaseem2219 Před 7 lety

      GenericGameplay Lock your windows too?

    • @JamesBalazs
      @JamesBalazs Před 7 lety +1

      Nawaz Waseem You mean encrypt it?

    • @oceanbytez847
      @oceanbytez847 Před 7 lety

      Nawaz Waseem yes but the real threat is teenage pricks who attack your phone or laptop on the go over a bet or something. Or a really pissed off family member. I had a friend who made his brother mad so his brother USB killed every electronic in his room.

    • @amrojjeh
      @amrojjeh Před 7 lety

      +Alex V4 Wow, your friend's brother needs to take a chill bag...if that is a thing.

  • @sirgalahad4861
    @sirgalahad4861 Před 6 lety +37

    *plugs into Wal-Mart photo center*

  • @legoman8960
    @legoman8960 Před 4 lety +3

    4:48 "My goodness what an idea. Why didn't I think of that>"

  • @Fattydeposit
    @Fattydeposit Před 7 lety +56

    I had a dream about having one of these up my bottom

    • @decoyround
      @decoyround Před 6 lety

      pretty sure that's someone's fetish
      EDIT: OH DEAR GOD

  • @xXbudred123Xx
    @xXbudred123Xx Před 7 lety +282

    Why couldn't they just put a fuse in usb ports? If the port receives a voltage above the usual, the fuse would break the circuit.

    • @beer_4781
      @beer_4781 Před 7 lety +24

      Budred123 that would be expensive. that would be 6-16 fuses per motherboard + they would have to drop a lot rnd money to make tbem work well in such a confined space.

    • @pranavmahadikar2147
      @pranavmahadikar2147 Před 7 lety +4

      Roman 2510M It's better to use a MCB

    • @fightingfalconfan
      @fightingfalconfan Před 7 lety +49

      Fuses break the link after a x amount of amps goes through them. Not voltage.

    • @xXbudred123Xx
      @xXbudred123Xx Před 7 lety +2

      fightingfalconfan ah, okay, I only have the most basic understanding of electronics (aka not very much).

    • @fightingfalconfan
      @fightingfalconfan Před 7 lety +6

      No worries, I spent 20 years in the computer building/repairing business. I got board and got into automotive repair. Been doing that for the past 4 years.

  • @sergeantseven4240
    @sergeantseven4240 Před 5 lety +1

    I already design my USB devices with 1500kv isolation and it still takes up board space but not as much as you would think the issue is that even with isolation, you need to also have a spark gap for high voltages.

  • @admin5448
    @admin5448 Před 4 lety +3

    when he talk about acer aspire one, where i am now still use it for work from home

  • @ManPhalanges
    @ManPhalanges Před 7 lety +717

    ...maybe it's just me, but it seems like giving this product publicity is a bad idea :\

    • @clintonsypherd8822
      @clintonsypherd8822 Před 7 lety +4

      Man Phalanges it's a piece of poop based off poop technology that anyone that has access to goodwill has access to. virtually harmless

    • @avroken
      @avroken Před 7 lety

      Man Phalanges prankers have millions viwers, is not publicity

    • @cyancoyote7366
      @cyancoyote7366 Před 7 lety +2

      Anyone can make this crap, you just need an old camera capacitor and charging circuit...

    • @Tailslol
      @Tailslol Před 7 lety +10

      i can build this easily with a usb plug and a bug zapper,this is just a taser with a usb plug

    • @megagunner12345
      @megagunner12345 Před 7 lety

      Man Phalanges I
      Kk

  • @rsethc
    @rsethc Před 7 lety +349

    This isn't really any more of a hazard than someone hitting your device with a sledgehammer.

    • @basilavenue7719
      @basilavenue7719 Před 5 lety +60

      You'd hear someone hitting your PC with a sledgehammer.

    • @Sgtpeterenis
      @Sgtpeterenis Před 5 lety +38

      Actually, the threat is completely different: you leave this lying around, people pick it up and plug it in. Of course you can destroy a PC that you have physical access to, but it's hard to make someone hit their PC with a sledgehammer...

    • @TheJnblackwell2007
      @TheJnblackwell2007 Před 5 lety +6

      No... If u hit a device with a sledge hammer, its completely destroyed, if u plug it in, not everything is gone

    • @ChristopherChapelle
      @ChristopherChapelle Před 5 lety +7

      The difference you can get a sledgehammer for less money

    • @InternetUsername
      @InternetUsername Před 5 lety +15

      @@Sgtpeterenis: Most really don't understand how many people would be willing to carelessly plug in a strange USB they found lying on the side of the road just to see what's in it.

  • @henry2008kim
    @henry2008kim Před 6 lety

    Excellent educational video

  • @sethadkins546
    @sethadkins546 Před 3 lety +1

    0:36 More specifically:
    1st one: Power
    2nd one: Data in
    3rd one: Data out
    4th one: Ground
    (I think)

  • @CorneliusSneedley
    @CorneliusSneedley Před 7 lety +203

    Or you could just wire an AC cord to a USB plug. . .

    • @rastavious7475
      @rastavious7475 Před 7 lety

      Tuxedo Jack is that you?

    • @ibiza8426
      @ibiza8426 Před 7 lety +5

      Adrian Godoy it wouldn't

    • @IntrovertReality
      @IntrovertReality Před 7 lety +9

      jonasxdufek What are you, 5? Its not hard to rewire electronics without shocking yourself.

    • @20EsOfficial
      @20EsOfficial Před 7 lety +7

      no, it will catch fire due to the fact that it will keep going forever, unlike the usb killer, which pulses the current and stops when the thing dies.

    • @mrspuffoncrack1404
      @mrspuffoncrack1404 Před 7 lety +8

      I see no problem with this. If the computer catches fire then i'm pretty sure it's ded

  • @mattuiop
    @mattuiop Před 7 lety +246

    What about usb killer VS 1000 degree knife?

  • @atlas8838
    @atlas8838 Před 6 lety

    You can protect it by putting your pc in a case (not the case the pc is using) like a case around that and you need a key for access to the usb ports.

  • @GtsAntoni1
    @GtsAntoni1 Před 5 lety

    I miss you Luke. I hope Foatplane is a massive success fella.

  • @GavinRemme
    @GavinRemme Před 7 lety +22

    Linus you forgot to add *GONE SEXUAL*

  • @samueleli2740
    @samueleli2740 Před 7 lety +58

    the worst thing to do with the USB killer is turn it into a USB dead drop.

    • @thomaschampliaud3267
      @thomaschampliaud3267 Před 7 lety

      can you explain ?

    • @samueleli2740
      @samueleli2740 Před 7 lety +18

      Thomas Champliaud a USB dead drop is a publicly hidden USB that you could access anytime, you can put any file in it and share it to other people who will use the dead drop in the future. If you change the USB to a killer one you could kill the laptop of the person using it.

    • @Spiroku
      @Spiroku Před 7 lety +1

      wow im getting one

    • @Jcraft153
      @Jcraft153 Před 7 lety +6

      O SHIT I LEFT MY SECRET SPY CO-CONSPIRITOR THE WRONG USB DEAD DROP! AND HES TAKING TO TO PLUG INTO HQ'S MAINFRAME!!!! AND WE'RE ALL HARDWIRED INTO THE SERVER!!!! MY BOSS IS GOING TO KILL ME!

  • @MrColmdonnelly
    @MrColmdonnelly Před 3 lety

    Cheaper option - manufacturers add in out of phases parallel diodes to the chassis ground as a voltage spike regulator

  • @benjaminsiegel4968
    @benjaminsiegel4968 Před 4 lety

    I have one of those old acer aspire ones laying around I may use it for this

  • @agreen96096
    @agreen96096 Před 7 lety +33

    You could try creating a energy capacitor limit to the hardware within the USB to limit the amount of voltage that can be put into a USB device and how much the device can discharge

  • @francocm730
    @francocm730 Před 7 lety +114

    there are those people who just wants to see the world burn.

    • @demonlordotrt754
      @demonlordotrt754 Před 7 lety +3

      Ivan Milan yep I bought 5!

    • @francocm730
      @francocm730 Před 7 lety +4

      andrew hill didn't know satan had a son?

    • @demonlordotrt754
      @demonlordotrt754 Před 7 lety +6

      Ivan Milan well buy was kinda a lie, I built 4 bought one to get a idea how there bult! there pretty easy to build well easier to build then a Raspberry gamboy!

    • @AngelaTheSephira
      @AngelaTheSephira Před 6 lety

      ME! :DDDDDDDDDDDDDD

  • @RockG.o.d
    @RockG.o.d Před 6 lety

    could unhook the front usb headers, though inconvenient, could also put a lockable backplate on the back of the pc to restrict access. could also have a lockable front usb, which connects the front usb header to a key to turn their ports on and off.

  • @benjamintan2733
    @benjamintan2733 Před 6 lety +20

    Well, next project that I'm going to do: Create a removable or switchable USB ports for the system.

    • @Loundre3
      @Loundre3 Před 6 lety

      And what about the electronics handling the connected USB ports?

    • @benjamintan2733
      @benjamintan2733 Před 6 lety +1

      It's like a PCI slots, so you can just swipe in and out. Now that you mention it... I guess I need to add in some diodes.

    • @Loundre3
      @Loundre3 Před 6 lety

      Best if these are Zener Diodes, but using Varistors can also be beneficial for high voltage protection.

    • @eepymeowers
      @eepymeowers Před 3 lety

      ooh

  • @dub_2953
    @dub_2953 Před 7 lety +30

    Yesterday I was on the computer, I couldn't find the Esc and I lost Ctrl.

  • @heatblaze123
    @heatblaze123 Před 7 lety +17

    This would make an excellent "gift" for someone you hate.

    • @xlChronos
      @xlChronos Před 7 lety +3

      Heatblaze Or just leave it on their desk, they will probably plug it into their pc, because they're curious what's on it

    • @heatblaze123
      @heatblaze123 Před 7 lety

      Eddy Good idea.

    • @heatblaze123
      @heatblaze123 Před 7 lety

      ***** I take it back. This is a good idea.

  • @rasheen1036
    @rasheen1036 Před 3 lety

    Terminator:exist
    Usb killer:am abouta end this man's whole career

  • @alexanderlee5180
    @alexanderlee5180 Před 3 lety +1

    Man, I miss like doing videos ever since he went to floatplane. At least we got Wan show

  • @MrAntieMatter
    @MrAntieMatter Před 7 lety +10

    Should've been:
    COMPUTER DESTRUCTION (GONE DEADLY) (EMPLOYEE FIRED!)

  • @youtubesucks494
    @youtubesucks494 Před 7 lety +184

    why dont computers come with fuses?

    • @chinchinox
      @chinchinox Před 7 lety +25

      that's actually a good idea

    • @dscarmo
      @dscarmo Před 7 lety +30

      i guess its a cost that doesnt make any sense in common use for USB, and uses space... unless this starts becoming common nobody in the industry will care

    • @cedmanotro
      @cedmanotro Před 7 lety +13

      Anon Ymoose because fuses are slow to react

    • @cedmanotro
      @cedmanotro Před 7 lety

      ***** how would you use tubes as a protection

    • @TheError404
      @TheError404 Před 7 lety +13

      They do sometimes, but fuses are too slow for sensitive electronics equipment. You could use a TVS diode along with active protection circuitry and optocouplers for data lines, but that's expensive and not really necessary (it's like having bulletproof windows in your car)

  • @mrmimeisfunny
    @mrmimeisfunny Před 6 lety

    I have an off the shelf optocoupler, can I use it to block usb killers?

  • @drazpa489
    @drazpa489 Před 5 lety +4

    Funny that it has a CE marking when it's sole purpose is to be the most unsafe usb device possible.

  • @thekiminthenorth28
    @thekiminthenorth28 Před 7 lety +41

    what if you tazed the usb port, will it kill the computer?

    • @SoppoBlock2
      @SoppoBlock2 Před 7 lety +14

      Caverri A tazer operates at 50,000 volts while flying through the air, and at 1,200 volts once the barbed contacts enter flesh. The most powerful ones operate at 50,000 volts, 26 watts, according to Taser USA.
      Tazers will absolutely kill a computer dead.

    • @thekiminthenorth28
      @thekiminthenorth28 Před 7 lety

      damn...

    • @thekiminthenorth28
      @thekiminthenorth28 Před 7 lety

      how about those arc lighters, aren't they' basically tasers?

    • @SoppoBlock2
      @SoppoBlock2 Před 7 lety +2

      I'm not familiar with arc lighters. From my knowledge of electrics, I would guess that they use higher amperage rather than voltage. But again, I'm unfamiliar. Either way though, they can still probably murder electronics pretty good.

    • @rickjanboomsma4631
      @rickjanboomsma4631 Před 7 lety +1

      Caverri arc lighters do shock you with 8000v. Most people think it's just some high frequency noise that doesn't hurt you but iv'e tried putting a metal piece and make contact with the beam and it does hurt. but the beam is so small that only tiny stuff can touch it but i wouldn't try

  • @TheArzonite
    @TheArzonite Před 7 lety +140

    Imagine plugging one of these onto Google's server.

    • @jake1173
      @jake1173 Před 6 lety +22

      TheArzonite I wouldn't do anything, it would absorb it all depending on how big it is. like the worst it could do would be warm it up a little, but enough could probably fuck a server base up.

    • @davidsobrito1398
      @davidsobrito1398 Před 6 lety +1

      Uhhh can you clarify lol

    • @drviver
      @drviver Před 6 lety +9

      I am pretty sure they have over voltage protection there, pretty pretty sure

    • @MrMoon-hy6pn
      @MrMoon-hy6pn Před 6 lety +2

      Like they would have a random usb po....

    • @degiguess
      @degiguess Před 6 lety +5

      Even if you could somehow find a USB port that connected to every single server they had I doubt it would even be enough to destroy them considering how insanely beefy they are

  • @tylerhammer4561
    @tylerhammer4561 Před 4 lety

    Curious could you technically install a fuse or surge protector on the inside of a computer close to the USB port and would that work?

  • @cphVlwYa
    @cphVlwYa Před 5 lety

    Optocoupler workaround: two USBs which are connected and plug into two separate ports. One gets high voltage and the other gets ground. The voltage then arcs through the optocoupler and the rest of the motherboard...

  • @Ziirf
    @Ziirf Před 7 lety +67

    Still a better gift than No mans sky.

    • @RoyceBarber
      @RoyceBarber Před 6 lety +2

      no mans sky has come a long way. the rayrod mod adds a ton of jungles and animals.

    • @Beyondfreshken
      @Beyondfreshken Před 6 lety

      Ziirf nah

    • @tincanstantheman
      @tincanstantheman Před 6 lety

      interesting spin on the "still a better love story than twilight" meme

  • @michelfeinstein
    @michelfeinstein Před 7 lety +34

    You guys should talk to some engineer before publicly testifying on engineering stuff. Optocouplers won't work on this case. The power lines could still be attacked, and no one will place an Optocoupler in front of a USB 3.1 data line for signal integrity and cost reasons.

    • @elave16
      @elave16 Před 7 lety

      you could protect the data lines with small optos. the power lines of the usb could be protected by just having a semiconductor fuse paired with a snubber + some kind of heavy duty zenner. I have thermistors that will cut a 2000v transient to about 2 volts and if you cascade 2 of them well you can be protected against this kind of attack (you can buy fully made circuits, sinetamer has great ones. ) of course if you have a source with a low output impedance there is no way of protecting a board. It will be like using a welding electrode in de usb port lol!

    • @michelfeinstein
      @michelfeinstein Před 7 lety +1

      It's not that simple on this particular case. We are talking about very High Frequency lines, you would have to use an optocoupler that won't disturb a 5GBit line and respond on the same speed, that's not going to be practical on a cost perspective, those are not the cheap optocouplers we usually find. Also zeners, TVS and etc. are made for fast transients this won't be an occasional disturbance on the line, this will be a step-up converter, this could fry all this protections by not leaving them time to dissipate the energy as heat, not even mentioning the PCB clearances you will have to leave for the High Voltage isolations to avoid creepage so the arcs wont jump to other exposed pads nearby. So practically this will increase considerably the cost and size of the product so no manufacture will care to implement it. Theoretically, yes, you can protect any line you want from any kind of voltage, but this case it's just beyond practical.

    • @elave16
      @elave16 Před 7 lety

      MFeinstein you can get optos that respond to those speeds. will it be cheap.. no. but the methodology is not hard.

    • @michelfeinstein
      @michelfeinstein Před 7 lety +2

      elave16 yes, as I said on the original post: not practical for cost reasons.

    • @marky7511
      @marky7511 Před 7 lety

      nhmhmhmmjmjMFeinstein

  • @MarkAntonov54
    @MarkAntonov54 Před 5 lety

    says dont do it
    lists buy link for usb killer in description
    ???

  • @alper7653
    @alper7653 Před 6 lety

    what if you plug that into an wall power thing(i dont know what it is called in english) using a phone adapter?

  • @juffmanbob3871
    @juffmanbob3871 Před 7 lety +15

    THAT HURT ME ON SO MANY LEVELS

  • @mathis5225
    @mathis5225 Před 7 lety +49

    Anybody tried it on a plane yet?

    • @pajasene
      @pajasene Před 7 lety +3

      Mathis wow I never thought of that, it would be interesting to see.

    • @mathis5225
      @mathis5225 Před 7 lety +10

      interesting, yes. Wouldn't wanna try this mid flight, you never know hahahah

    • @EktoplazmMusic
      @EktoplazmMusic Před 7 lety

      Mathis you guys should do that. Also you should reply in this comment what state you're over before you do it. I love free stuff.

    • @HistoricaHungarica
      @HistoricaHungarica Před 7 lety +4

      Funny thing: If you fry an airplane's electic system it can still land with ease.
      You need to also fry the captain and wingmen to seriously damage the plane. ;)

    • @SaHaRaSquad
      @SaHaRaSquad Před 7 lety +3

      +HistoricaHungaria Except the Airbus A380, which is too large for purely manual controls. Although I'm sure that one also has backup systems.

  • @KatPettitCherry
    @KatPettitCherry Před 6 lety

    Would it be possible to disable power to the usb ports in windows and have a batch file to enable the one you are wanting to use at the time. It seems the fact that the killer usb charges from the laptop in the first place is a part of the problem. Just a thought...

  • @shadowdarkness1866
    @shadowdarkness1866 Před 3 lety

    "SO-CALLED USB CONDOMS" that caught me off-guard.