octoffset

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Do you have security concerns with cheap mechanical keyboards in c/[email protected]
[–] octoffset 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for your answer! In a busy city, would you only used wired connection to it? Bluetooth is encrypted and probably fine too. Any thoughts on the included 2.4GHz dongle?

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Do you have security concerns with cheap mechanical keyboards (self.mechanicalkeyboards)
 

Yo everyone! I have questions about using cheap and generic mechanical keyboards. For example the Royal Kludge RK61 which has wired, Bluetooth and 2.4GHz connections. My host will be Linux machines. Do you see any security issues with using keyboards like that or were there any incidents of such devices being malicious?

Another concern might be the 2.4GHz USB that's included. Assuming it's not doing anything malicious is the connection encrypted or would you always instead use wired or Bluetooth? Thanks for any answers!

Does the power brick matter when charging USB-C devices? in c/[email protected]
[–] octoffset 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's very cool. I checked my laptop and it has USB-C Power Delivery, does that mean I can try to charge it with my Switch charger? That one gets 39W on its 15V output which my laptop has to support as well, being PD compliant?

Does the power brick matter when charging USB-C devices? in c/[email protected]
[–] octoffset 1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Thank you very much. I have a follow up question. Is it OK to charge a device which has an original charger of 65W with say a 10 or 22W charger? Is it just the charging speed that's affected or are here overheating concerns as well?

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Does the power brick matter when charging USB-C devices? (self.technology)
 

Yo everyone. I'm trying to understand how USB power works with batteries, hopefully this is the correct community to ask. We have so many different devices that can be charged with USB-C, yet all the power bricks and power banks have different voltage, amps, watts. Can I use any USB-C brick or power bank with any device and battery and it must intelligently never draw over the limits of the power source?

I thought that USB-C is made for this yet I can read reports that people damaged their Nintendo Switch because of a power brick. How careful do we have to be when charging our phones, tablets, laptops, gaming devices? What exactly to look out for when deciding what to plug in where? Thank you very much for any replies.