<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Consensus (after SomeOne offered theirs up for sacrifice) is that it’s a USB data blocker. Basically drops the data pins when charging over USB. <div><br></div><div><a href="https://offgrid.co/blogs/journal/what-is-a-data-blocker-and-why-you-need-one-today">https://offgrid.co/blogs/journal/what-is-a-data-blocker-and-why-you-need-one-today</a><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>---</div><div>Regards,</div><div>Mark Caetano</div><div><br></div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 5 Sep 2022, at 09:05, Philip Loenneker <Philip.Loenneker@tasmanet.com.au> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you everyone who contributed to the event, whether that was helping with organisation, providing content, sponsorship, just being there, or arranging for your staff attend. I always enjoy it, and feel lucky to be part of such an awesome
community. I especially enjoyed the presentations from our NZ friends – they were very entertaining. And of course seeing Vint Cerf was a real treat!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a question about the gift bag… what is the IAA USB gadget? I have a general rule of not plugging in untrusted USB devices so I haven’t done anything with it yet. It appears to be a USB A male and female connector with some unknown
function in the middle. It could be a keylogger, simulated keyboard for pranks, a USB drive or wireless dongle plus hub combo, a very small USB extension cable, or any number of other things.<o:p></o:p></p>
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