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by proee 2671 days ago
Perhaps, but it could start a fire. You might consider plugging into a power supply and measuring if there is any current draw.
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USB type A male-to-female inline ammeters are really cheap, and accurate to 0.1W. I got one for ten bucks.
How do you know THAT doesn’t have a surveillance device inside?
Sort of a "it's turtles all the way down" type problem, but one could always x-ray it.
+/-20mA seems a bit coarse...with modern low-power silicon, imagining it wouldn't be too difficult to skate under that radar.