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by pharrington 2414 days ago
You plug in the USB key, then you pull out the USB key.

The physical security layer at alot of hospitals is almost entirely absent, sadly.

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What I meant was that sending everyone an email will get you further with less time/effort than actually going.
USB keys are blocked mostly these days. There are other huge vulnerabilities if you have physical access and are motivated.
From experience in plenty of industries, your statement is incorrect. Most places suck at security and blocking removable storage, but likewise suck at far more important controls (eg application whitelisting) for it to really mitigate much in the first place
or you swap keyboards with a special keyboard [maybe a pineapple?] , or you can swap ethernet patches around.
Given how terrible a lot of low-end Dell keyboards get after years and years, most people would cheer :)

With the main apps being virtualized, workstations are refreshed less often than they used to be.