j1racoon@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agoDo you protect your USB port?github.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up10file-text
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minus-squareell1e@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoIs there a similar program for Linux?
minus-squarexvertigox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoWhen I plug a USB device in on KDE I get prompted to see if I want to mount it or not.
minus-squareell1e@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoI think to be fully safe, you would have to get prompted for any type of USB device including a mouse and keyboard. At least I think that’s the idea of USBGuard.
minus-squarehexagonwin@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agothe usb device is auto detected and activated, it’s just asking you to mount if it happens to be a storage device
minus-squareSurpriseWaterfall@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoLinux has USBGuard and is likely in your distro’s repos. It operates the same way with having rules on which usb devices to allow
Is there a similar program for Linux?
When I plug a USB device in on KDE I get prompted to see if I want to mount it or not.
I think to be fully safe, you would have to get prompted for any type of USB device including a mouse and keyboard. At least I think that’s the idea of USBGuard.
the usb device is auto detected and activated, it’s just asking you to mount if it happens to be a storage device
Linux has USBGuard and is likely in your distro’s repos. It operates the same way with having rules on which usb devices to allow
So, uh, a udev GUI?