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If you put it into a smaller form factor such as USB sticks and drop them in the parking, you'll have a decent chance of getting inside that company. If you could make it very small then it could hide inside a iphone charging cable for example which looks completely harmless from outside.

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I think the unique attack vector here is that it's sufficient to just connect the device to the computer for a minute while it's locked. You can then unplug it and the attack persists.

The whole "left behind USB stick" attack is already somewhat known and may catch attention.

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