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...by physically removing a port (who would do that) or using the software?

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[–] ell1e@leminal.space 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree. Kind of would seem more useful to have such a UI on Linux.

[–] ATS1312@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] orphigle@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

True, USBGuard is using a mechanism that has been present on Linux since year 2007.

https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/usb/authorization.txt