Comment by jefftk
3 years ago
It's not astonishing that not following the spec can lead to things getting fried, though? Splice a mains jack onto a USB cable and you'll see some smoke too ;)
But I agree that the level of incorrect implementation was shockingly high initially. Luckily it's much better now!
I still stay well clear of MOOZOOM-style alphabet soup cables on Amazon and buy Anker for this reason.
Looks like the Etherkiller[1] needs updating for modern times. I wouldn't be surprised if usb -> serial plus the serial etherkiller would do the trick though.
OTOH, USB Killers do exist, but they only kill hosts; Mains -> USB-C could kill hosts and targets indiscriminately.
[1] http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/