▲ 511 ▼ If it ain’t broke (img.gvid.tv) submitted 1 year ago by x0x7@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Emi@ani.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) That's cool, so you could just wire USB through these. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lime@feddit.nu 18 points 1 year ago* (2 children) i used to have an mp3-player with only an audio jack, and a USB-to-TRRS cable for charging and data transfer. i think it had 64MB of storage? point is, it's been a thing Edit: also my keyboard! the two halves are connected together via audio jack. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) Wasn’t that how the later iPod shuffle’s did it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago Yup permalink fedilink source parent [–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I saw that prison laptops in the US can't have USB but can have an aux port and I've wondered since then if that couldn't be cheesed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago TIL. I mean, the headers on most boards are easy to find, so a few paperclips and some tape could be your USB port. And most built-in peripherals use the interface so it probably isn’t disabled. The rest depends on how thoroughly their IT vendor locked things down. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shishka_b0b@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago This is one of the most absurd ideas I've ever heard. I LOVE IT permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lime@feddit.nu 18 points 1 year ago* (2 children) i used to have an mp3-player with only an audio jack, and a USB-to-TRRS cable for charging and data transfer. i think it had 64MB of storage? point is, it's been a thing Edit: also my keyboard! the two halves are connected together via audio jack. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) Wasn’t that how the later iPod shuffle’s did it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago Yup permalink fedilink source parent [–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I saw that prison laptops in the US can't have USB but can have an aux port and I've wondered since then if that couldn't be cheesed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago TIL. I mean, the headers on most boards are easy to find, so a few paperclips and some tape could be your USB port. And most built-in peripherals use the interface so it probably isn’t disabled. The rest depends on how thoroughly their IT vendor locked things down. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 child) Wasn’t that how the later iPod shuffle’s did it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago Yup permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) I saw that prison laptops in the US can't have USB but can have an aux port and I've wondered since then if that couldn't be cheesed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago TIL. I mean, the headers on most boards are easy to find, so a few paperclips and some tape could be your USB port. And most built-in peripherals use the interface so it probably isn’t disabled. The rest depends on how thoroughly their IT vendor locked things down. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago TIL. I mean, the headers on most boards are easy to find, so a few paperclips and some tape could be your USB port. And most built-in peripherals use the interface so it probably isn’t disabled. The rest depends on how thoroughly their IT vendor locked things down. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shishka_b0b@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago This is one of the most absurd ideas I've ever heard. I LOVE IT permalink fedilink source parent
