<story><title>CPSC warns consumers to stop using male-to-male extension cords sold on Amazon</title><url>https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2022/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Immediately-Stop-Using-Male-to-Male-Extension-Cords-Sold-on-Amazon-com-Due-to-Electrocution-Fire-and-Carbon-Monoxide-Poisoning-Hazards</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TIPSIO</author><text>Really interesting...&lt;p&gt;What are people doing with their lights where this would ever come up though?&lt;p&gt;Edit: From reddit, a use case is found [1]:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; They’re actually used my law enforcement whenever they do a raid and seize a computer. If they turn the computer off, they’ll have to try and get past a password. And if the hard drive is encrypted, they’re basically SOL.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; This can be a real issue for things like drug dealers or CP busts, where they need to transport the computer for analysis, but can’t turn it off. So they roll in a specially designed power bank, plug it into the computer’s power strip, then unplug the power strip from the wall. The power bank keeps the strip hot while they transport it.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;livesound&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;am6308&amp;#x2F;one_of_my_clients_asked_for_one_of_these_dont_you&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;livesound&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;am6308&amp;#x2F;one_of_my...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>kevinmchugh</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a wonderful kind of writing that pops up at hardware stores in response to annual searches for suicide cables. A couple examples here &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;kobunheat&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1336134415336964096&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;kobunheat&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1336134415336964096&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;THESE ARE NOT MADE
THEY SHOULD NEVER BE MADE&lt;p&gt;has the kind of direct clarity of existential risk that they sought for with&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;This is not a place of honor. Nothing of value is here.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bgun</author><text>Holiday lights are the main scenario (which is why these signs are often seasonal). Someone will spend hours stringing up lights only to find that they strung backwards with the female end dangling near their desired outlet.&lt;p&gt;USB cables &amp;#x2F; “plug &amp;amp; play” have made this more confusing for those with no understanding of electricity; nor do we as a society routinely educate children (or adults) on basic electrical responsibility.</text></comment>
<story><title>CPSC warns consumers to stop using male-to-male extension cords sold on Amazon</title><url>https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2022/CPSC-Warns-Consumers-to-Immediately-Stop-Using-Male-to-Male-Extension-Cords-Sold-on-Amazon-com-Due-to-Electrocution-Fire-and-Carbon-Monoxide-Poisoning-Hazards</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TIPSIO</author><text>Really interesting...&lt;p&gt;What are people doing with their lights where this would ever come up though?&lt;p&gt;Edit: From reddit, a use case is found [1]:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; They’re actually used my law enforcement whenever they do a raid and seize a computer. If they turn the computer off, they’ll have to try and get past a password. And if the hard drive is encrypted, they’re basically SOL.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; This can be a real issue for things like drug dealers or CP busts, where they need to transport the computer for analysis, but can’t turn it off. So they roll in a specially designed power bank, plug it into the computer’s power strip, then unplug the power strip from the wall. The power bank keeps the strip hot while they transport it.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;livesound&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;am6308&amp;#x2F;one_of_my_clients_asked_for_one_of_these_dont_you&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;livesound&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;am6308&amp;#x2F;one_of_my...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>kevinmchugh</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a wonderful kind of writing that pops up at hardware stores in response to annual searches for suicide cables. A couple examples here &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;kobunheat&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1336134415336964096&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;kobunheat&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1336134415336964096&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;THESE ARE NOT MADE
THEY SHOULD NEVER BE MADE&lt;p&gt;has the kind of direct clarity of existential risk that they sought for with&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;This is not a place of honor. Nothing of value is here.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>MBCook</author><text>You hang up two strings of lights outside your house. Usually each string plugs into the previous string and it all works.&lt;p&gt;But if you get one string backwards instead of having a male and female connector to hook them together you have two males or two females.&lt;p&gt;Taking down and putting up a long string of lights again is a huge hassle. But if you could just buy this one little cable…</text></comment>