[Noisebridge-discuss] Access control & Safety, both personal and general space.

[Gopiballava Flaherty]

On Feb 8, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Jonathan Lassoff wrote:

> Another fun idea I've heard bandied about: use device descriptor
> information of arbitrary USB devices. Most have some vendor IDs and
> serial numbers that makes them mostly unique. Have a port downstairs
> that you can plug a USB stick into.

Just don't plug your phone or any *real* devices in...never know if somebody has snuck one of these in on the other end:

http://www.logicubeforensics.com/products/hd_duplication/cellxtract.asp

(This is why I'm dubious of these airport USB charging stations. You can do a lot more than charge a device via USB...)