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I'm nervous hey guys this is Austin and this is the USB Keller now might not look like much however this will straight up kill your computer so this is a device that's used to test hardware so what looks like an ordinary USB device we take the cap off it could be any old flash drive instead there's a series of capacitors inside so if you plug it into a computer it will charge those capacitors up and once they're full it turns around and releases all that power at 240 volts straight back into the computer in theory killing it well the USB Kolo go is a little bit of a giveaway it doesn't take much to be able to pop this thing open now before we proceed do not try this at home seriously not only is it very possible for this thing to kill electronics but it's also a lot of voltage here you want to be careful and by being careful I mean don't try this at home so to find out if this is actually going to work we have Anna Sue's Chromebook now USB cochlea - this is going to work on around 95% of computers and the reason for that is that while some computers have properly capped USB ports most have completely unprotected ports which means that if this thing sends a ton of power through the computer instead of being able to block at the port it's going to send it straight to the motherboard for a bunch of stuff it's going to be dead so in theory I plug this in and it's going to die so plug it in in three two one whoa okay hold on hold on hold on that was so fast like I didn't think it took like half a second like it plugged in I heard a little tiny click it was dumb for I mean I see this light which makes me think there's maybe some life but the screen is definitely dead maybe the battery's still intact which is running that light but Chromebook done for I don't do the MacBook I don't want to do that look I think it's good : I quit man I'm just gonna kill it I don't do the MacBook I'm not even joking right now part of me wants in to not survive ooh we want to sing good everyone yeah but everyone's not gonna have to buy me a new MacBook when this one dies and why all right all right MacBook time this guy it's on him you're gonna have macbook blood on your hands we're going to try the USB killer on the brand-new 2016 MacBook Pro now normally I would not want to kill this under any circumstances however apparently Apple has actually fixed the USB ports so that they are not susceptible to an attack like this so because this doesn't have normal USB ports we're gonna be using a USB C to USB a adapter this shouldn't affect anything but we'll find out dude I'm so nervous I'm so nervous right now all right there's nothing to it let's plug the adapter in in three two one oh it clicked it clicked oh it's clicking you hear that oh it survived all right that's enough cooking that's not looking okay you're get you're good oh good I was so convinced it was about to die so now what I want to know is do we actually kill the port so I plug in power yes so we can definitely still charge with the port so I think everything should be fine I also have a USB Drive here so we should be able to see it pop up or not while do we actually like kill the date on this port yes again so it looks like this is still getting power so the power part of this port still works as far as data goes we completely killed that venerable port Wow now it's time to raise the stakes this is a 32 inch TV and this happens to be a smart TV however even normal flat-screen TVs will typically have a USB port so usually you plug in a flash drive to look pictures video or even firmware so we're going to find out well the USB killer be able to kill an entire TV plug it in in three two one oh I heard it the TV still on it's not ticking I heard one loud click and that was it I wonder does the USB port still work because the TV still fine so five out of this actually works you're not we're completing keyboard in which might sound like a weird thing to do however since this is a smart TV it actually does support a keyboard so nothing No the see I don't even think this is getting power well the USB Co didn't kill the TV it did at least fry the USB port next we have a phone now this might seem like a little bit of a weird choice however the 6p does have a USB C port so plugging into the Nexus 6p in three two one oh oh whoa wait the phone's rebooting holocene plug plug plug so it reset the phone that was a really loud crack - so everything seems to be fine on the phone now let's see if we actually plug it in so what I want to know is does the port's to work so we have a PC here plug it in okay so we are charging so at least we have that working did we get data yeah this is acting just like a charger it doesn't see any kind of data coming through on either side so it might not have killed the phone and to be fair you can't still charge which honestly is by far the most important part of being able to use a port however the fact that we've killed data on two different USB C devices does not bode well this USB killer is no joke as long as you're careful with your electronics and don't let random people plug things in you should be fine however all it takes is a single second and you can do some serious damage now if you're really worried about this there are USB protectors that will actually physically lock out the ports on your computer and I'll have one of those links in the description however is longer careful you should be okay because we did do some damage today I wanted to give back so we made a donation to the EFS they did some absolutely amazing work to make sure the internet stays open and free for everyone if you enjoyed this video and you want to see more on the latest tech including stuff like this definitely be sure to subscribe to the channel and I will catch you guys in the next one