Re: Why Adam Savage Won't Trust USB Keys - YouTube

On 2026/4/8 20:18:48, Andy Burns wrote:
> "Mr. Man-wai Chang" wrote:
> 
>> Why isn't WIndows listing all devices including strange keyboards in 
>> Device Manager?
> 
> What makes it a "strange" keyboard, as opposed to a perfectly normal 
> keyboard?  A HID is a HID, I'd be annoyed if my laptop's internal 
> keyboard was btroken, I plugged in an external one, and got the 
> equivalent of "do you want to use this keyboard?  type Y or N"

I don't think I would, at least the first time; it would reassure me (to
some extent) that the hardware-monitoring was doing _something_ to
protect me. I'd be a bit annoyed if it asked me every startup (or every
time I plugged in the good keyboard), but not very, and certainly not
the first time.
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