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I'm having trouble remembering what they're called, but I do remember reading about these. I saw a demonstration where they slightly pulled at the desktop power plug in order to hook a thin device around the plug connectors to provide power, and then they could transport the desktop around.


For laptops, law enforcement use "mouse jigglers" to prevent screen locks and laptops going to sleep, which I guess is similar. Random article: https://www.electronicproducts.com/what-is-a-mouse-jiggler-a...


It becomes way more straightforward if it's a server with redundant power supplies.


Actually not because a server with multiple PSUs definitely knows when one loses power. It’s made to raise alerts about a power rail failing. So this makes it harder because you need to keep power on both to not raise any alarm




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