Overall I think we need a lot more cameras in a lot more places. Their presence should be the default, but their feeds should not be monitored if there isn't a reported crime or a suspicion of one. I am not saying that the government should have default access to these feeds either.
A camera also helps exonerate someone who is not guilty, which is not an unimportant benefit.
> This strategy doesn't make sense. What was the end goal? To have the other person keep buying new computers.
I would assume it was to interfere with the other student's research. That other person almost certainly had data on the destroyed computers that he either lost completely, or had to do extra work to recover when they failed.
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A camera also helps exonerate someone who is not guilty, which is not an unimportant benefit.
I would assume it was to interfere with the other student's research. That other person almost certainly had data on the destroyed computers that he either lost completely, or had to do extra work to recover when they failed.
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> When plugged in power is taken from the USB power lines, multiplied, and discharged into the data lines, typically disabling an unprotected device.
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