USB Killer… WHY???

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  • Опубликовано: 24 июн 2019
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Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @ElectroBOOM
    @ElectroBOOM  4 года назад +5424

    Hello Fam! Am I wrong about USB Killer? I can't imagine unregulated amounts of destructive power is used to test anything! Unless like I said, the plan is to check people's intelligence, and that would cost a bunch of money in equipment just to teach people a lesson! And why damage, when you can achieve the same thing in software, by tracking who plugged it?
    If you like to post your thoughts and video ideas, submit them to ElectroBOOM subreddiit: www.reddit.com/r/electroboom

    • @MyMika2004
      @MyMika2004 4 года назад +100

      Hey electro. It could be used to test reverse charge protection.

    • @ferulebezel
      @ferulebezel 4 года назад +35

      How pitted are your meter probes?

    • @erikburzinski8248
      @erikburzinski8248 4 года назад +133

      I thought of one ligit use if your makeing a Artificiall general intelligence and it is going rouge then you can plug it in as a last defence.

    • @utkarshupadhyaya7091
      @utkarshupadhyaya7091 4 года назад +35

      ElectroBOOM hi utkarsh from india....make a part 2 video showing how to protect electronics from jerks carrying the USB KILLER......cnt run forever from them😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @mufasateamnesquik8624
      @mufasateamnesquik8624 4 года назад +3

      U live in Russia ?? I'm not new , but that's new to me

  • @ClayFoxx
    @ClayFoxx 4 года назад +12094

    No your honor, I'm not a murderer I'm a human durability tester

    • @mulgerbill
      @mulgerbill 4 года назад +272

      Where do I apply?

    • @pshalleck
      @pshalleck 4 года назад +334

      "Would I slam a baby into another baby to test its durability? No, that's not something I would TYPICALLY do..."

    • @ilmu011
      @ilmu011 4 года назад +121

      NOW KILLS TWICE AS HUMANS

    • @brianm6337
      @brianm6337 4 года назад +25

      Hmmm. If you were one, I'd about give you a run for your money. I am quite durable, it seems.

    • @reefs3162
      @reefs3162 4 года назад +77

      It was a surprise durability test

  • @terryendicott2939
    @terryendicott2939 4 года назад +13093

    I ordered 10 cases of dynamite to test my house for earthquakes and got a free FBI agent.

    • @hopsta5628
      @hopsta5628 4 года назад +109

      Bahahahaha, hahahaha

    • @CondemnedGraham
      @CondemnedGraham 4 года назад +638

      You also get a new living accomodation and 3 meals a day.

    • @Lord_and_Savior_Gay_Jesus
      @Lord_and_Savior_Gay_Jesus 4 года назад +294

      Double your order and they'll send _three_ agents. Damn, what a price!

    • @NotSoCrazyNinja
      @NotSoCrazyNinja 4 года назад +38

      Only one?

    • @terryendicott2939
      @terryendicott2939 4 года назад +194

      @@NotSoCrazyNinja Only one is free, the rest are charging me.

  • @randomstuffbychris
    @randomstuffbychris 3 года назад +2528

    "Here's a USB killer" *pulls out USB crudely soldered to a wall outlet* that scene had me dead lmafo

    • @schaezar
      @schaezar 3 года назад +50

      I never comment but goddamn this is the truth. Spent 5 minutes laughing like a maniac

    • @wfedfeewd2659
      @wfedfeewd2659 3 года назад +28

      All though it is even more powerfull bc it gives constant power not pulses.
      And in his case it is constant 120 v ac or in some cases even 240 v ac.

    • @ewcm1878
      @ewcm1878 3 года назад +23

      @wfe dfeewd its more powerful because it's fucking AC not because it's "constant power".

    • @wfedfeewd2659
      @wfedfeewd2659 3 года назад +13

      @@ewcm1878 thanks for correcting me I am not good in electrical stuff

    • @JordanWilliams_Link7702
      @JordanWilliams_Link7702 3 года назад

      What scene

  • @jnkmal9519
    @jnkmal9519 3 года назад +2520

    I can't imagine anyone older than a teenager buying one of these and thinking it's cool.

    • @connerday496
      @connerday496 3 года назад +19

      So why you on these videos..?

    • @KillaIn556
      @KillaIn556 3 года назад +186

      @@connerday496 because electroboom is entertaining also is English your second language

    • @jnkmal9519
      @jnkmal9519 3 года назад +69

      @@KillaIn556 Wasn't knocking the video. I love electroboom. I'm saying that this usb killer thing is whack.

    • @jnkmal9519
      @jnkmal9519 3 года назад +26

      @@connerday496 Was that a question? Sounded more like an incomplete thought?

    • @Oscar-sg7bw
      @Oscar-sg7bw 3 года назад +1

      Its cool but you have to use it responsably

  • @bigclivedotcom
    @bigclivedotcom 4 года назад +7800

    The USB killer started as a student project. I can't believe it went into production. The purpose appears to be purely malicious - to damage other people's laptops and computers. Can you imagine if you were a student and some prick destroyed your laptop with all your work on it for a joke?

    • @Badpvppaladin
      @Badpvppaladin 4 года назад +1314

      Then i would have a broken laptop and a dead body

    • @DanielLopez-up6os
      @DanielLopez-up6os 4 года назад +205

      Yeaaaah, well a joke needs and equal joke...

    • @sulphurous2656
      @sulphurous2656 4 года назад +447

      @@DanielLopez-up6os Dark Humor is like Food, not everybody gets it.

    • @Acorn_Anomaly
      @Acorn_Anomaly 4 года назад +178

      I think the original version was used to test how well host devices would survive having defective devices plugged into them. If your USB stick went bad, it'd be bad for it to be able to destroy your computer as well.
      I seem to remember seeing a list of devices which survived the USB killer completely, devices which survived but lost the port it was plugged into, and devices that failed entirely.

    • @reuploadify
      @reuploadify 4 года назад +45

      It's just a prank bro!

  • @highspeedsuicide
    @highspeedsuicide 4 года назад +2667

    “Like buying a bomb to test your house against earthquakes” is the best way to describe it

    • @ManoMamyte
      @ManoMamyte 4 года назад +67

      And same company sells antibomb protection

    • @diegog.4351
      @diegog.4351 3 года назад +37

      @@ManoMamyte this sounds like war profiteers. The company sells guns to both sides to defend against each other.

    • @ebrocoliphoto
      @ebrocoliphoto 3 года назад

      Definetely

    • @SasukeUchiha-tc9xx
      @SasukeUchiha-tc9xx 3 года назад +5

      You know they actually do that. They detonate seismic charges in proximity of buildings to test resistance to earthquakes

    • @highspeedsuicide
      @highspeedsuicide 3 года назад

      SasukeUchiha 2002 thats actually pretty cool. And never thought a RUclips comment would teach you something new lol

  • @QuantumQuantonium
    @QuantumQuantonium 3 года назад +164

    4:30 the "usb killer" is plugged in and it must've put in so much power into the laptop that it actually managed to power the keyboard LEDs, impressive!

  • @michaeltusk2917
    @michaeltusk2917 3 года назад +342

    "Very cool trick to end a few friendships"
    -7:25 electroboom, 2021

    • @bramlord42069
      @bramlord42069 2 года назад +6

      Do it to psycopath and then u Turned to something
      Example
      -dead body
      Joke don't take seriously

    • @cuboembaralhado8294
      @cuboembaralhado8294 2 года назад

      @Myles (YOOgurT FYNgus), A Bill Wurtz fan u right

    • @_Jitesh_
      @_Jitesh_ 2 года назад

      Could be better if it was a real gun

  • @mrarnold96
    @mrarnold96 4 года назад +3546

    "If I want to kill something, I have my own ways"
    ~Mehdi (2019)

  • @justinesalgarino2718
    @justinesalgarino2718 4 года назад +2204

    "But I trusted you."
    I felt my heart crack.

  • @LarsonLake
    @LarsonLake 3 года назад +128

    I worked in a place where things kept going missing from my desk. Would have been interesting to just leave this lying around and see what happened.

    • @Ikxi
      @Ikxi Год назад +16

      Another good use-case

    • @mebs791
      @mebs791 Год назад

      you sir are the devil and i hope you do it 🤣

    • @jorgeluiscontrerac
      @jorgeluiscontrerac Год назад +1

      Now you've got a demand!

    • @mebs791
      @mebs791 4 месяца назад

      wtf

  • @DeadRider88
    @DeadRider88 3 года назад +745

    Mehdi: "DON'T DO THIS"
    Also Mehdi: *teaches you how to make it*

    • @abhishakee0_o
      @abhishakee0_o 3 года назад +18

      Educational purpose

    • @DeadRider88
      @DeadRider88 3 года назад +11

      @@abhishakee0_o nah, he is building an army

    • @abhishakee0_o
      @abhishakee0_o 3 года назад +1

      @@DeadRider88 i was sarcastic too

    • @LordOfPanzers
      @LordOfPanzers 3 года назад

      3:21

    • @narrativeless404
      @narrativeless404 Месяц назад

      Apparently, status quo applies not only to companies
      Also yeah, what he "teaches" isn't that hard to find out yourself if you want to anyways...

  • @zetadroid
    @zetadroid 4 года назад +2971

    "my 120V to USB converter" is something that I'd never have imagined to hear

    • @nicklaassen
      @nicklaassen 4 года назад +280

      I mean, every usb wall charger is a 120V to usb converter, his just doesn't convert the voltage

    • @ddrum121
      @ddrum121 4 года назад +9

      ikr I laughed so hard

    • @stellie3553
      @stellie3553 4 года назад +32

      I'm still waiting for the 240V version.

    • @Berkeloid0
      @Berkeloid0 4 года назад +39

      @@stellie3553 Just put two USB ports in series for the 240V version

    • @thelonearchitect
      @thelonearchitect 4 года назад +4

      I died laughing from that one

  • @alfieparker4659
    @alfieparker4659 4 года назад +1032

    His last words are gonna be “alright let’s plug it in”

    • @JoeM-
      @JoeM- 3 года назад +18

      Nah it's gonna be let's try it

    • @maximus9300
      @maximus9300 3 года назад +14

      Or it’s gonna be “I think.......”

    • @yami6558
      @yami6558 3 года назад +5

      That's what he'll say when he tries to have a kid too

    • @babyarugla4360
      @babyarugla4360 3 года назад +7

      Thats what she said

    • @Takeshi_XP
      @Takeshi_XP 3 года назад +1

      @@babyarugla4360 It’s a stretch but I guess the joke works

  • @BasicallyRANDOMYT
    @BasicallyRANDOMYT 3 года назад +73

    3:30 can confirm. This does happen from time to time.

  • @MohidPvE
    @MohidPvE 2 года назад +88

    Story: A few years ago I remember some kid in the lower years used the USB killer in one of our IT classrooms, all the computers were fried and they were all brand new!
    He got caught because of CCTV but in the end he damaged £5000 worth of electronics in that room and his parents had to pay for it.. yikes.

    • @horsenuggets1018
      @horsenuggets1018 Год назад +9

      I’m surprised it was only £5000

    • @tsm688
      @tsm688 Год назад +12

      @@horsenuggets1018 classroom electronics ain't the best

    • @KarldorisLambley
      @KarldorisLambley 2 дня назад

      evidence?

  • @XanTheDragon
    @XanTheDragon 4 года назад +452

    How to get away with a murder:
    "I was just testing the knife to see if I needed to improve its sharpness!"

    • @harshvithlani9399
      @harshvithlani9399 4 года назад +1

      Xan the Dragon Thx

    • @DianaProudmoore
      @DianaProudmoore 4 года назад +10

      Sounds like a lifehack~

    • @cecil646
      @cecil646 4 года назад +6

      "It's not murder, it's a surprise funeral"- someone in Critikals comment section

    • @killtyrant
      @killtyrant 4 года назад

      This bad boy has sharpness V

    • @keatonpw1297
      @keatonpw1297 4 года назад

      Get this mans comment to 420

  • @tudorpruna6705
    @tudorpruna6705 4 года назад +4360

    I tried this on my old Nokia...
    The usb killer died

    • @erikgag
      @erikgag 4 года назад +40

      Nah youre it was not an slav phone

    • @cyberstalker1713
      @cyberstalker1713 4 года назад +14

      And this is the truth!

    • @MrX-fd2mr
      @MrX-fd2mr 4 года назад +31

      I tried short circuit my electricity house with my old Nokia, then the power is outages

    • @intux12
      @intux12 4 года назад +16

      @@MrX-fd2mr I tried plug my girlfriend bathroom. Then the bath is charging!😂😂😂

    • @Dj_Kirby
      @Dj_Kirby 4 года назад +25

      Probably because you tried slamming the thing into the Nokia's nonexistent USB port.

  • @pixels_per_inch
    @pixels_per_inch 3 года назад +92

    9:39 depends on the system configuration.
    Most Intel USB controller are on the motherboard's chipset, not the CPU. Currently only AMD puts the controller inside the CPU.

    • @infernaldaedra
      @infernaldaedra 2 года назад +6

      or chipset. its nowhere near just that simple in this case this isn't AMD vs Intel it honestly will affect every system slightly differently.

    • @pixels_per_inch
      @pixels_per_inch 2 года назад +10

      @@infernaldaedra Yup, even if it's AMD it doesn't mean all the USB ports are driven by the CPU. Only some ports are and it depends on the motherboard configuration

    • @tsm688
      @tsm688 Год назад +1

      @kızgın tosbağa it makes sense for cheapass mobile cpu's. not a lot else

  • @MISTERALPHAX
    @MISTERALPHAX 3 года назад +40

    3:20 when you lose in a computer game!

  • @LiEnby
    @LiEnby 4 года назад +1604

    "120V to USB converter"
    Lmfao

    • @billdougan4022
      @billdougan4022 4 года назад +92

      Years ago at work, a tech rep., from a plc company plugged in 220v on the 24v Ethernet connection. You could hear the engineer throughout the plant yell 'Noooo'. anyways 24 hours later, they replaced 36 plc racks and controllers. 🤬

    • @h_uskyy2191
      @h_uskyy2191 4 года назад +6

      That’s just retarded to say 😂

    • @ishigamiyu1991
      @ishigamiyu1991 4 года назад +11

      @@billdougan4022 and something else that was replaced is he himself

    • @gs-nq6mw
      @gs-nq6mw 4 года назад +2

      same for hackers that disguise their tutorials with "Pentest tutorial/software"

    • @LiEnby
      @LiEnby 4 года назад +9

      @@gs-nq6mw that's a bit different though since pentesting is an actural test ppl do.

  • @Alexander84129
    @Alexander84129 4 года назад +594

    That killer that uses the camera capacitor better be called a Flash Drive

  • @croaton07
    @croaton07 7 месяцев назад +9

    As of 2023, if you use one of these in the US, you can be charged with a felony. It's now considered terrorism to use a USB killer.

  • @alpye
    @alpye 3 года назад +85

    I absolutely love these videos putting a voice out there stopping the con artists, keep it up dude

  • @NyxDiscordia33
    @NyxDiscordia33 4 года назад +610

    "We made a USB stick that breaks things
    Oh, but don't use it to break things, we don't condone that"

    • @NotSoCrazyNinja
      @NotSoCrazyNinja 4 года назад +46

      "we don't condone that... (because we don't want to be sued)"

    • @stillrabit73
      @stillrabit73 4 года назад +22

      You can by this inflatable hammer to hit your friend on the head, but don't use it to hit your friend on the head.

    • @NyxDiscordia33
      @NyxDiscordia33 4 года назад +15

      @@stillrabit73 can't hit your friends if you don't have any

    • @philmikehunt7479
      @philmikehunt7479 4 года назад +5

      @PrincessNia Hit a bit too close to home. ;~;

    • @NyxDiscordia33
      @NyxDiscordia33 4 года назад +2

      @@philmikehunt7479 samesies

  • @meowskullsgaming
    @meowskullsgaming 4 года назад +1167

    That's not how you are supposed to overclock a CPU.
    -Louis Rossmann

    • @valyushalee2320
      @valyushalee2320 4 года назад +22

      Julio Iván apple why
      -Louis Rossmann

    • @alessandroceloria4573
      @alessandroceloria4573 4 года назад +57

      Right, you are supposed to send 45V to the CPU trough the shorted backlight contact. 9001 GHz overclock guaranteed 👍🏻

    • @sayujraphael
      @sayujraphael 4 года назад +25

      We have Fan spin

    • @RigItRay
      @RigItRay 4 года назад +18

      at least we know the fuse won't fail

    • @TechMasterRus
      @TechMasterRus 4 года назад +2

      Just need absolute zero cooling. Mb some solid helium.

  • @dxnchuu
    @dxnchuu 3 года назад +68

    “You killed my laptop...”
    **keyboard lights still on**

    • @karldoesstuffYT
      @karldoesstuffYT 3 года назад

      power surge could be activating the leds, or the usb could've been what exploded so he didn't kill his computer or spend money on a piece of shit

    • @pranavk8293
      @pranavk8293 2 года назад +1

      @@karldoesstuffYT The effects are faked/staged. The thing that blew was likely something placed under the laptop. Mehdi uses that laptop regularly there's no way he would kill it like that

    • @MTN1601
      @MTN1601 2 года назад

      Sometime it destroys the usb instead of entire motherboard

    • @pranavk8293
      @pranavk8293 2 года назад +1

      @@MTN1601 Very unlikely especially on laptop. Main board chipsets are all very close together so it’s more likely it will kill many things.

  • @Natnahnate
    @Natnahnate Год назад +24

    I have no idea why I like you're videos so much. The best way to put it for me is you're uncomfortably entertaining... But I'm loving it, especially when it only comes around when I'm looking at tech! Thanks for being THE dude.

  • @akratooos
    @akratooos 4 года назад +217

    **No Laptops were harmed in the making of this video**

    • @MrWaalkman
      @MrWaalkman 4 года назад +8

      Well, no worse than usual.

  • @dskpgsoe9008
    @dskpgsoe9008 4 года назад +1581

    3:31 In Soviet Russia the USB kills you.
    10/10

    • @yoshua9261
      @yoshua9261 4 года назад +10

      Sponsors by Adidas

    • @NuSpirit_
      @NuSpirit_ 4 года назад +18

      That's it folks - we've reached the peak of humor!

    • @Makujah_
      @Makujah_ 4 года назад +11

      It actually does not, I have planty of devices with USB interfaces and they never tried to kill me, we're all buds and we usually go out for a beer every friday.
      Если ты думаешь что это только потому что современная Россия не советскаястрана, ты просто ничего не знаешь: скоро Ильич очнется от своего столетнего сна и очистит этот мир от всех фашистов, капиталистов и представителей духовенства ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @O.A.K
      @O.A.K 4 года назад

      the internet of the free people
      *SOVIETISM INTENSIFIES*

    • @no_4259
      @no_4259 4 года назад +8

      *Laptop turns into T-34-85 tank

  • @DerNomade1871
    @DerNomade1871 3 года назад +170

    "They make the weapon and sell the defense of it too" American weaponry in a nutshell

  • @hallowedheroin
    @hallowedheroin 3 года назад +166

    6:40 mehdi talks with perfect english accent when he's in pain..?

  • @suremarc
    @suremarc 4 года назад +348

    4:14 “Backwards... Backwards again...” We’ve all been there

    • @FloofyKiwi
      @FloofyKiwi 4 года назад +17

      Matthew Cramerus “Hurry up caveman”

    • @pangkan270
      @pangkan270 4 года назад +8

      this is why I love USB type C

    • @stickiedmin6508
      @stickiedmin6508 4 года назад +21

      It's called Quantum USB Superposition.
      The study of the curious phenomenon of three sided USB plugs.

    • @SEEYAIAYE
      @SEEYAIAYE 4 года назад +4

      Micro USB: "You haven't even seen my final form"

  • @mrfluffytailthethird
    @mrfluffytailthethird 4 года назад +795

    A asshole that I used to be “friends” with used a homemade one on my pc back in 2007
    Burnt out my Processor and motherboard over
    $400 in damages I had worked hard to get the money to make that computer
    And I could not tell what happened to it
    Another good friend told me that he was bragging about it to someone
    I confronted him about it and he confessed
    I punched him and Broke his nose
    Don’t use these stupid things
    Have some decency

    • @dreggory82
      @dreggory82 4 года назад +162

      I'm happy that you broke his nose.

    • @mrdumbfellow927
      @mrdumbfellow927 4 года назад +68

      Obviously a nose worth breaking!

    • @cringefest1749
      @cringefest1749 4 года назад +25

      Did you ask him to pay you back?

    • @RealCadde
      @RealCadde 4 года назад +91

      I would have made him pay back all the damages he caused, then broken his nose.

    • @amankumarsingh6886
      @amankumarsingh6886 4 года назад +10

      Sorry Joel, I was just jealous of your new pc,
      P. S. I'm his old friend

  • @thomaserbsenzahler712
    @thomaserbsenzahler712 3 года назад +15

    The most entertaining channel I've found on youtube so far. After 3 videos you already know in advance that when he picks up the plug, he'll get a wipe straight away ... it never gets old. I love his sense of humor, even though I can only speak a few words of English. (Translation comes from google)

  • @GFe11
    @GFe11 3 года назад +13

    The only channel I know where I actually keep listening while the sponsor is being presented

  • @David-qe2gs
    @David-qe2gs 4 года назад +281

    "backwards?"
    "no"
    "backwards again?"
    lol

  • @cacadordejavali5460
    @cacadordejavali5460 2 года назад +9

    "remember, it's illegal"
    *Literally teaching how to craft it*

  • @maryjaneevadiamond6359
    @maryjaneevadiamond6359 7 месяцев назад

    Medi is right. Even when I worked in major electronic design, assembly and testing, we had a device called a HI-POT device but it was only specifically designed to work in the mains of the PSU units where there was the ever so slight chance of something like that happening.

  • @cj9697
    @cj9697 4 года назад +390

    7:09 'and everytime you take a picture, a computer dies.chikaboom!'😂

  • @applemachome
    @applemachome 4 года назад +1038

    One weird trick Intel doesn't want you to know to superpower your computer!

    • @BenCos2018
      @BenCos2018 4 года назад +2

      LOL

    • @viharcontractor1679
      @viharcontractor1679 4 года назад +41

      ISP Hate this, Extreme bandwidth, Unlimited data, Single USB stick!!!

    • @samaless7904
      @samaless7904 4 года назад +3

      wow your comment says its posted 23 hours ago and the vid only uploaded 30 mins

    • @theiosog2843
      @theiosog2843 4 года назад +3

      @@samaless7904 patreon

    • @viharcontractor1679
      @viharcontractor1679 4 года назад +4

      @@samaless7904 His Patreon supporters get early access to his videos.

  • @BadKarma714
    @BadKarma714 3 года назад +13

    I love this guy I find his eyebrows hypnotic keep the unibrow never separate them my friend

  • @arjunsaj97
    @arjunsaj97 3 года назад +10

    5:05 wotdefok😂😂

  • @Jyukenmaster95
    @Jyukenmaster95 4 года назад +689

    It sucks that it's only use is vandalism.
    But on the bright side, this is yet another glorious use of the FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER :DDD

    • @TheSurlygentleman
      @TheSurlygentleman 4 года назад +6

      It's also used to remind everyone around you as to how much wealth you have.
      (Or how much wealth a social circle has. Which is why I think it's so expensive since a dead laptop is the equivalent of a 'slug buggy' to certain economic groups)

    • @dashdashdash_
      @dashdashdash_ 4 года назад

      It has more uses than that if you think outside the box.

    • @TheKoenigsParkour
      @TheKoenigsParkour 4 года назад +1

      I see no use for a full bridge rectifier here. Am i missing something ?

    • @Dracolith1
      @Dracolith1 4 года назад

      ​@@TheKoenigsParkour Not really... not needed to break things -- AC is just great for destruction, and has the nice property that voltage can be easily adjusted by simple transformers, and capacitors will pass AC current through instead of blocking current flow, increasing the options for destructive capabilities. Rectifier modules in my work's server room convert AC to DC to feed the -48V DC plant and have some things to do with charging the battery strings, however.... Rectifiers are for more interesting, sophisticated, non-destructive things.

    • @xxportalxx.
      @xxportalxx. 4 года назад

      @@TheKoenigsParkour the guy was making fun of his accent in a prior video

  • @danpan7175
    @danpan7175 4 года назад +621

    10:25 Mr. Mehdi was sent to wash all the dishes after his wife found her laptop broken.

  • @notveryobservant1056
    @notveryobservant1056 2 года назад +1

    10:33 I love the dishes comparison.
    The with audible looks like me doing dishes.

  • @rcdenniz
    @rcdenniz Год назад +2

    9:13 yes they actually do. When a nuclear bomb explodes or a volcano erupts, seismographs can capture all sorts of data about earth and its core.

  • @gamergrill9629
    @gamergrill9629 4 года назад +664

    "Do they make the weapon and then sell the defense for it too!?"
    *Stonks*

    • @dylanwashington6315
      @dylanwashington6315 4 года назад +5

      make a market then corner it, dont let people tailgate kids

    • @ianlehman8342
      @ianlehman8342 4 года назад +6

      What is this, a plot for *another* Metal Gear Solid title?

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 4 года назад +3

      You know what they say, when there is no demand for a service you can supply, create the demand.

    • @rightfulfuture4
      @rightfulfuture4 4 года назад

      isn't that a racket?

    • @lukapravivlogovi1287
      @lukapravivlogovi1287 4 года назад

      Block Builder lol

  • @untrust2033
    @untrust2033 4 года назад +358

    What about a usb port that kills your usb stick

    • @metallkopf988
      @metallkopf988 4 года назад +64

      In soviet Russia...

    • @gilleslesire4983
      @gilleslesire4983 4 года назад +30

      Many years back I had a USB hub to fit 4 USB devices into 1 USB port. With it's own power coord. Worked fine for a while. But then for some reason it broke and it resulted in killing any USB devices you'd plug into it. Took a few USB memories before I realized it. Even killed a keyboard.

    • @mgfails9274
      @mgfails9274 4 года назад +3

      Slav confirmed

    • @tomas489
      @tomas489 4 года назад +2

      Ora nge its called gloryhole

    • @kebostek
      @kebostek 4 года назад +3

      I had one of those. A USB 3.0 internal cable was damaged in transport but I didn't think it would matter and it worked with the USB 2.0 drives I had at the time, but as soon as I plugged in my new USB 3.0 drive into that port it fried.

  • @borgranta61103
    @borgranta61103 3 года назад +8

    The USB killer would be ideal for testing surge protectors that include surge protection for USB.

  • @razielaerial6377
    @razielaerial6377 3 года назад

    It is way easier (and cheaper) just short GND and 5V pins (big 1 & 4) from USB stick. It can be improved with an inductor so when the USB Port breaks the circuit the inductor shall discharge high voltage due to open, if the circuit does not open then the current itself shall burn everything in the path.

  • @Asu01
    @Asu01 4 года назад +1372

    If you killed a USB port with USB killer, will it make you a _serial-killer?_

    • @ahweikun
      @ahweikun 4 года назад +102

      Asu no, it makes you an Universal Serial Bus killer

    • @diamondcreeper0982
      @diamondcreeper0982 4 года назад +8

      @@fufuboi1520 What the F? is this a cursed comment?

    • @MRSNOW-yd2tl
      @MRSNOW-yd2tl 4 года назад

      Lol 😂

    • @paradonym
      @paradonym 4 года назад +8

      You are a UNIVERSAL serial killer.

    • @stepheneyles2198
      @stepheneyles2198 4 года назад +8

      No, you need to kill an RS232 port to be a Serial Killer!!

  • @in_vas_por8810
    @in_vas_por8810 4 года назад +243

    4:44
    "....unless you have solid state drive memory that is..." 😂😂😂

  • @DrJALAGHARI
    @DrJALAGHARI 2 года назад

    Nice way of explanation and sharing important knoweldge.

  • @rcarendsen
    @rcarendsen 2 года назад

    I always love to watch your clips... You learn and rotfl at the same time.... Thank you.. 👍😊

  • @linsdeybaggins2807
    @linsdeybaggins2807 4 года назад +506

    This man could take over the world with some random household appliances

    • @p9rsez186
      @p9rsez186 4 года назад +4

      That’s Elec. for ya

    • @evancardenas5093
      @evancardenas5093 4 года назад +23

      Yes, but he would definitely hurt himself in the process

    • @alloushi27R
      @alloushi27R 4 года назад +6

      @@evancardenas5093 shock himself 100 times

    • @thatkindcoder5347
      @thatkindcoder5347 3 года назад +12

      “and now, we short the city’s power supp”-
      *supper massive explosion*
      “And that’s why you dont short a city”

    • @thiagosalvatierra7815
      @thiagosalvatierra7815 3 года назад +3

      If technology connections can have too many kitchen appliances, electroboom can have common explosive appliances

  • @pustulio81
    @pustulio81 4 года назад +264

    "It's illegal to destroy someone else's property....this is my wife's computer...hers, mine, what's the difference?"
    LOL!!

    • @Andy47357
      @Andy47357 4 года назад +30

      he hasn’t learned the golden rule, everything that is mine is her’s, everything that is her is her’s, everything that is ours is her’s. but if she cheats everything is mine bitch

    • @zakofrx
      @zakofrx 4 года назад +2

      Divorce is the difference and then it will be all hers.

    • @Zeon01
      @Zeon01 4 года назад

      @@zakofrx *his

  • @JohnDoe-un3xm
    @JohnDoe-un3xm Год назад

    a standard electrostatic discharge from a human hand is going to be on the order of 2kv. if you hit your computer with a 2kv relative discharge you will fry the USB port, they're not designed for that. before bringing you hand close to a computer port, always make physical contact with the case. I learned that the hard way.

  • @autotactic
    @autotactic Год назад

    6:53 Yes I put my finger instead of the screwdriver there when I was little.

  • @rossmanngroup
    @rossmanngroup 4 года назад +16

    3:15 please no more :(

    • @flak8857
      @flak8857 2 года назад

      J

    • @LunaWuna
      @LunaWuna Год назад

      Oh damn, found your comment with 1 like 2 years later :P

    • @WarriorRev6300
      @WarriorRev6300 9 месяцев назад

      Lol

  • @classyjohn1923
    @classyjohn1923 4 года назад +644

    me: buys USB killer, leaves on desk, and forgets about it for a year later.
    also me: Plugs USB killer into PC thinking its a flash drive.

    • @thatscardo86
      @thatscardo86 4 года назад +3

      😂😂😂

    • @sr.favopossodeixarvaziosim4595
      @sr.favopossodeixarvaziosim4595 4 года назад +56

      If you had anti-USB killer, this would't happen hint hint hint

    • @mrarcticaaa1101
      @mrarcticaaa1101 4 года назад +13

      well, if there is a gun, it will fire eventually :D

    • @EnkiduAk
      @EnkiduAk 4 года назад +13

      @@mrarcticaaa1101 chekov's dongle

    • @Zeina107
      @Zeina107 4 года назад +1

      You offended senior favios delicate ass “nooo only i can make jokes. Even tho no one laughs at them. No he cant be funny when im not”

  • @blacklight683
    @blacklight683 Год назад +3

    9:55the immortal search history, you can never delete it

  • @fancyfakename8967
    @fancyfakename8967 2 года назад

    My fireplace failed the termite test after altering the mixture for a couple of weeks still got replaced under warranty tho.

  • @TheExhaustedME
    @TheExhaustedME 4 года назад +199

    Everytime you take a picture, a computer dies
    -Electrochickaboom

  • @dragking9735
    @dragking9735 4 года назад +1374

    "When in Russia, USB kills you"
    nice

    • @bbnCRLB
      @bbnCRLB 4 года назад +6

      FSB

    • @horuno2020
      @horuno2020 4 года назад +9

      в россии тебя тебя может убить что угодно

    • @AZP-im7gk
      @AZP-im7gk 3 года назад

      Menhera-chan Спасибо, что заставили меня учить русский только за этот ответ.

    • @indranujray214
      @indranujray214 3 года назад

      I didn't get it

    • @vladimirputin985
      @vladimirputin985 3 года назад +2

      No

  • @stefanmarcus4039
    @stefanmarcus4039 3 месяца назад +1

    Hdd can be corrupted by the oc powerung off as it gets slower nit having an air layer anymore resulting in it scraping the data

  • @motovr9979
    @motovr9979 2 года назад

    back in the day we used safe drop usbs to plug in and share music, etc.... these usb killers were used to ruin permanently mounted (glued/quikcreted to walls and ledges) safe drop usbs so no one could see the information shared from the drive

  • @glasstuna
    @glasstuna 4 года назад +1300

    When the inventor of the USB dies they will lower his coffin into the ground, pull it back up, flip it around, and put it back in.

    • @powermacintoshg3667
      @powermacintoshg3667 4 года назад +31

      This deserves more likes!

    • @leak5005
      @leak5005 4 года назад +146

      @@powermacintoshg3667 nigga this is facebook level comedy, the only thing missing is a shitty font and some minions

    • @bennettlane4274
      @bennettlane4274 4 года назад +7

      This is way underrated

    • @Whigu
      @Whigu 4 года назад +35

      Remember that you have to flip it around 3 times before it fits...

    • @ignatz14
      @ignatz14 4 года назад +8

      You mean they'll flip it twice, right?

  • @nathanm.8823
    @nathanm.8823 4 года назад +251

    I'm jealous of how effectively your eyebrow expresses emotions.

    • @XhunterDragon96
      @XhunterDragon96 4 года назад +5

      He’s Emilia Clarke’s cousin.

    • @monssidus1291
      @monssidus1291 4 года назад +2

      i got the same, luckily i dont know half the things he does that need such expression to convey. im a dumbass, the babes love the mono tho, just saying its a token of a male's alphaness that's all.

    • @TehGamerPro
      @TehGamerPro 4 года назад +5

      Eyebrow*

    • @nathanm.8823
      @nathanm.8823 4 года назад +1

      @@TehGamerPro Lol I'll edit.

  • @rabokarabekian409
    @rabokarabekian409 Год назад +3

    This reminds me of the loose seatbelt clips meant to fake your car into thinking the belt is attached.
    The clips say on them, "Do not use this product." Check, lawyer approved.

  • @randolphtwells1360
    @randolphtwells1360 Год назад

    7:25; Don't pull the novelty gun's trigger because it can release a higher voltage pulse.

  • @ThePepemaster12
    @ThePepemaster12 4 года назад +204

    "120V to USB converter"
    I love it

    • @noname-wo9yy
      @noname-wo9yy 4 года назад +1

      lol in the UK you get up the 240V from the mains that is how you melt your computer

    • @Spelter
      @Spelter 4 года назад

      Here to, maybe for a phone it could work to charge it, anybody give it a try?

    • @therealromster
      @therealromster 4 года назад +1

      Reminds me of the ethernet killer

    • @gblargg
      @gblargg 4 года назад

      Can it also provide AC power when you're on the go?

    • @Spelter
      @Spelter 4 года назад

      @@gblargg just with solar panels on the backside or ubeam

  • @imthemetalguy1
    @imthemetalguy1 4 года назад +187

    "If it walks like a duck, and f*cks like a duck, then it's for malicious use."
    He knows what's up

    • @imthemetalguy1
      @imthemetalguy1 4 года назад

      @Corvus Dominus yes. Please dont XD

    • @lvbboi9
      @lvbboi9 4 года назад +1

      @Corvus Dominus _please do_

    • @thevalorousdong7675
      @thevalorousdong7675 4 года назад +1

      Take that raunchy content to e621 lol

    • @lvbboi9
      @lvbboi9 4 года назад

      @@thevalorousdong7675 *loads shotgun* No

    • @heroninja1125
      @heroninja1125 4 года назад +1

      @@lvbboi9 *loads shotgun* Yes

  • @JohnDoe-un3xm
    @JohnDoe-un3xm Год назад

    even if your computer is hit by lightning, your data, even solid state data, is likely recoverable. the change in voltage applied to the floating gate transistors is most likely uniform, and by changing the threshold for what is considered on and off, a professional can likely recover the data. esd is unlikely to change anything with regards to magnetically stored data, since that is electrically and magnetically shielded.

  • @yo-yo3670
    @yo-yo3670 Год назад

    Hay ElectroBoom I need you to rectify this “so I have a light up keyboard with leds. It is connected to a computer plugged in the wall with a usb but when the pc is off the keyboard LEDS are also off but when I turn off or change my ceiling fan speed the keyboard turns on” I would assume it is some electromagnetic interference because the USB should be isolated from the 110v circuit

  • @Hodebrot
    @Hodebrot 4 года назад +381

    7:06 everytime you take a picture, a computer dies. *chicka-bumm* :,D

  • @johntheurer2265
    @johntheurer2265 3 года назад +212

    I’ve shocked myself with one of those disposable cameras after it sat for 10 years. Shits no joke

    • @FullCircleTravis
      @FullCircleTravis 2 года назад +2

      Old post, but I made a crude stun gun when I was 15. It's amazing how many stupid shits are willing be a conductor.

    • @hdswashere
      @hdswashere 2 года назад +11

      @@FullCircleTravis Same. After experimenting with a few circuits, I developed a life-long fear of electric shocks. Not even kidding, those things hurt like hell.

    • @sylvrwolflol
      @sylvrwolflol 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@hdswashereThe scary thing is the invisibility of it.
      There's no way for you to use your human senses to tell if a wire is live or an old capacitor is still holding charge, whereas you can see, hear, and smell a fire, or a dangerous animal, etc.
      Knowing that something could potentially hurt, but not having any way to tell other than using tools and being careful as fuck not to touch things is just so much _worse_

  • @avatarthanosthelegendarysu5883
    @avatarthanosthelegendarysu5883 3 года назад +1

    What is the name of that music that plays at the part when he says that this video is sponsored by Audible

  • @xzs432
    @xzs432 2 года назад

    lol those things after the usb killer remind me of the manswers camera stun gun!

  • @hudj8796
    @hudj8796 4 года назад +235

    *claims to kill computer*
    *searches on the same computer*
    “So ThIs Is ThE uSb KiLler”

    • @genxrants
      @genxrants 4 года назад +12

      Probably bought several refurbs. I've done that before for my kids for school. You can get a good deal.

    • @j-rivs7174
      @j-rivs7174 4 года назад +2

      Apparently video editing doesn't exist.. he could have easily roasted the laptop after everything else was recorded and just put it into the beginning of the video...
      Derp

  • @TheTobiasandersen95
    @TheTobiasandersen95 4 года назад +220

    "If it walks like a duck, and *quack*s like a duck, then it's for malicious use!" I like this revised version of the saying, and I have to agree. Ducks are malicious little monsters....

    • @koutareyama8393
      @koutareyama8393 3 года назад

      Chicken cobra

    • @toigodgohdgjdfjkkj9878
      @toigodgohdgjdfjkkj9878 3 года назад +1

      duck fucks ever get chased by a goose when u were a kid?

    • @ebnertra0004
      @ebnertra0004 2 года назад +6

      You're thinking of geese. Only when duck.exe stops working do ducks become dangerous

    • @biocode4478
      @biocode4478 2 года назад

      @@ebnertra0004 have you seen a duck's dick. they *are* malicious

  • @atway70
    @atway70 3 года назад +3

    Unrelated, but I totally forgot to take my pill this morning. You're the best, Medhi!

  • @zachw2906
    @zachw2906 2 года назад

    @ElectroBOOM seeing you shock yourself on that flash cap brings back memories of experimenting with those things in highschool... painful memories 😆

  • @YeppyNope
    @YeppyNope 4 года назад +166

    That "hi" is now permanently stuck in my mind

    • @TechMasterRus
      @TechMasterRus 4 года назад +14

      Try to plug this USB killer into your head for a couple of seconds.

    • @FxHe
      @FxHe 4 года назад

      TheRusselsTeapot 😂😂😂

  • @CoryMck
    @CoryMck 4 года назад +295

    *Life Tip* _The fastest way to get rid of your tax fraud data is to not save it._

    • @abhishek9249
      @abhishek9249 4 года назад +15

      FIB wants to know your location!

    • @zahidshabir4038
      @zahidshabir4038 4 года назад +7

      Isn't the FIB is GTA V

    • @pielad4349
      @pielad4349 4 года назад

      @@zahidshabir4038 maybe

    • @CoryMck
      @CoryMck 4 года назад +20

      @Martin Smouter *Life Tip #2:* _You can't fail a lie detector (polygraph test) if you don't know the truth._

    • @tylerphares7497
      @tylerphares7497 4 года назад

      FIB would like to know your location.

  • @Miss_Trillium
    @Miss_Trillium Год назад +1

    Honestly an intense IT/HR team could set these out around the office to see which employees will plug random USB drives in to see who needs to be weeded out

  • @anon4998
    @anon4998 2 года назад

    I think this is meant for surge protection testing for enterprise grade computers. In case an unexpected transfer of electricity (for whatever reason) occurs.

  • @showcase-me
    @showcase-me 4 года назад +206

    10:35 ...or just a juvenile larva. I laughed so hard!!!

  • @fredhamilton1701
    @fredhamilton1701 4 года назад +446

    Please post the follow-up video where your wife tries to use her computer.

    • @felixwurm1467
      @felixwurm1467 4 года назад +3

      I think he don't destroy it

    • @Ujwal5555
      @Ujwal5555 4 года назад +14

      @@felixwurm1467 I don't think u understood the joke, buddy

    • @_aullik
      @_aullik 4 года назад +8

      @@Ujwal5555 Felix Wurm is a German name. What did you expect?

    • @ggmasterguiltygear6315
      @ggmasterguiltygear6315 4 года назад +3

      Ha! She's gonna kill him

    • @officialjoley2196
      @officialjoley2196 4 года назад

      aullik lmao

  • @hm-qo4bp
    @hm-qo4bp 2 года назад

    I love your the full bridge rectifier 😂

  • @mmc9587
    @mmc9587 3 года назад +1

    Your comedy and teaching combination is amazing

  • @user-pf3sw1tc7t
    @user-pf3sw1tc7t 4 года назад +338

    I subbed this channel a few years ago and now I'm majoring electric engineering... haha thanks mehdi u helped me find my way

    • @NFSCalex
      @NFSCalex 4 года назад +10

      On the other hand, the amount of times he shocks himself would turn you away from electrical engineering.

    • @niclikescakes
      @niclikescakes 4 года назад +1

      then choose mechanical like me

    • @therealjibrano
      @therealjibrano 2 года назад +1

      @@niclikescakes i went from mechanical to electrical and i have no regrets lol

    • @Thomas8
      @Thomas8 2 года назад

      @@NFSCalex well because of how many times he shocks himself you learn what NOT to do

  • @eugen189763987689379
    @eugen189763987689379 4 года назад +91

    10:06 - "unless hit by a lighning" - could you create such a lightning and test that for us?

    • @dabzataha9333
      @dabzataha9333 4 года назад +8

      dont encourage him plz , we still need him

    • @boriswilsoncreations
      @boriswilsoncreations 3 года назад +2

      @@dabzataha9333 but that would be the greatest electric arc he could ever make lol

  • @dancoulson6579
    @dancoulson6579 2 года назад

    I wonder if there is a way to protect against this?
    Maybe the PC side of the port could have low voltage MOV's accross each of the pins. Or maybe neon glow lamps to act as a gas discharge tube.

    • @iNowHateAtSigns
      @iNowHateAtSigns 2 года назад

      Most USB input circuits I've seen use optocouplers. This device would damage nothing beyond the optocouplers.

  • @birdysama2980
    @birdysama2980 2 года назад

    As someone who got zapped thrice by the flash of my old camera trying to repair the shutter, these things have a good punch!

  • @hgbugalou
    @hgbugalou 4 года назад +124

    Their rational is they want manufacturers to install protection circuits to prevent this but that doesn't make sense to me. This concept would work just as well on serial ports, HDMI, VGA, Thunderbolt etc. More over you can always just build a beefier circuit to overcome any manufacturer's protection circuit.

    • @alexanderthomas2660
      @alexanderthomas2660 4 года назад +31

      It does make sense, if you consider the sellers of these devices a kind of mafia. “That's a nice USB port you have there, it would be a shame if something would happen to it. We do happen to be selling special protection circuits…”

    • @langweilig5637
      @langweilig5637 4 года назад +1

      Alexander Thomas hey can y’all speak English?

    • @Dant2142
      @Dant2142 4 года назад +11

      Not necessarily, some very well built machines, like Macbooks prior to 2016, used optoisolators on the USB ports. Those are entirely resilient to pretty much any USB killer device that can be made.

    • @totallyrandomuser5760
      @totallyrandomuser5760 4 года назад

      How are those comments 20+ hours old? Probably Patrons?

    • @sanket.hande9
      @sanket.hande9 4 года назад

      @@totallyrandomuser5760 even I was wondering about that

  • @roboj05
    @roboj05 4 года назад +682

    Mehdi: *_kills computer with USB killer._*
    Also Mehdi: *_proceeds to use computer afterwards._*
    Me: *Wait, that's illegal.*

  • @adriananacleto2788
    @adriananacleto2788 9 месяцев назад

    no entiendo el sentido del usb de 300 voltios
    y si le tiras agua a la compu ?
    o si la tierras desde la terraza del edificio ?
    digo asi te ahorras comprar una picana electrica con forma de usb

  • @TVD1984
    @TVD1984 3 года назад +13

    Some say he's the only North American to pronounce "solder" correctly.

    • @Abdulrahman16000
      @Abdulrahman16000 3 года назад

      Notice : He's actually Iranian

    • @TVD1984
      @TVD1984 3 года назад

      @@Abdulrahman16000 Iranian-Canadian. Google/Wiki says his nationality is Canadian so I assume his official nationality is Canadian, unless he's got dual nationality. His heritage is Iranian but he'd still be considered a North American by his passport.