[rkagerer]

Thanks! One benefit of the approach I envisioned above is that even a perfect imposter would be restricted to the access rights I granted the original device.

[T3OU-736]

Take a look at USB Rubber Ducky or similar device(s). HackADay [1] [2] has a couple of write-ups about it and some associated tools.

[1]https://hackaday.com/2019/02/12/a-malicious-wifi-backdoor-in...

[2]https://hackaday.com/2014/10/05/badusb-means-were-all-screwe...