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Discussion on: What tutorials would make a non-developer think you're a magician?

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Kim Arnett 

Rubber duck scripts.

Saw someone load one of these on a USB, plug it into the computer, and the script took over.
It was actually a security talk - but seeing this type of 'movie' stuff in real life is like holy crappppp.

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Sander Visser

I've never heard of them! Are these the ones you mean? github.com/hak5darren/USB-Rubber-D...

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Kim Arnett 

So they can be malicious- I would be very careful about what you download.
Here’s some that the speaker provided. They generate ascii art, but after trying one you can definitely see how they could be used for evil 😱
github.com/chrismaddalena/DuckyScr...

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Sander Visser

Super cool. Thanks for sharing :)