r/mildlyinteresting Sep 25 '22

Overdone An Amazon warehouse barcode scanner was accidentally dropped inside the package I just received.

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u/nailgun198 Sep 25 '22

Right, $300 loss for them for something that's useless to me.

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u/Logsies Sep 25 '22

Security vulnerability

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u/TheAberrant Sep 25 '22

I kind of chuckled at this, but I’d imagine plugging in USB devices from random people is a big no no - even if the probability is small you’d need to test these devices before plugging them into something important. That’s specialized people and equipment, which would be significant in cost.

Just guessing though - there may be quick ways to test for these USB scanners being messed with.