<[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 01:36:17PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 15 May 2026 at 12:32:27 (-0400), Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > >> Not just bugs: I don't know of any OS out there that is even > > > >> designed to behave like you describe: they all automatically > > > >> accept to recognize the other end as whichever device (or set > > > >> of devices) it claims to be. > > > > My android phone does that, as I already described: "When I run > > > > it [the script to mount the phone's fileystem] after connecting > > > > the phone, it (phone) asks for permission on its screen [which > > > > I have to acknowledge]." > > > > > > Now, try to connect a keyboard or a mouse to your phone (via USB), > > > instead: does it asks you for confirmation before you can use the > > > keyboard to control the phone? > > > > I don't see why it should. Under what circumstances would you deny > > the device access? > > If you don't know it is a keyboard, and it starts typing stuff (under > your own UID, no less!): > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BadUSB > > Who needs automount? > > Cheers
I think you'd have to be very unlucky to find an evil USB device that was designed to attack a linux box rather than a widnows box or a phone, unless you work in a sensitive location that is known to use a lot of linux boxes :)
