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mbrutsch
on Sept 25, 2015
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Hard, Not Soft, Kill Switches
Devices that function when the power has been disconnected would be wonderful energy-saving devices.
Mister_Snuggles
on Sept 25, 2015
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These are signal pins, not power pins. The device is still receiving power when the switch is "off", all the switch does is provide a signal to the pins that tell it to disable itself.
mortenlarsen
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Also signal input can in certain cases power devices[1].
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https://youtu.be/1jOJl8gRPyQ?t=502
nickpsecurity
on Sept 26, 2015
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Which still allows potential side-channel attacks in circuitry.
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