Re: Can you launder a USB dongle

rsetzer <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.games.diplomacy.cat23.all-chat
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Some programs, as an anti piracy measure, give you a little USB thingy 
you must have plugged in to use the program. Dunno why, but they call 
the thingy a 'dongle'. The high end video editing program Avid uses a 
dongle.



Michael Cuffaro wrote:
> What's a dongle?  Is that the same as a USB cable?  I think it should survive a wash.. though I
> would make sure it's dried out before plugging it in to a computer.
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> --- Peter Richardson <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>Silly question based on an ignorance of how USB works. Is a USB dongle (if 
>>given time to dry out) likely to survive being put through a washing 
>>machine? What are the likely implications if you try to use it before it is 
>>fully dried?
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>>Thanks
>>Peter 
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