osx mitigations?

[kristovatlas]

Does anyone have any mitigations to prevent usb-ethernet adapters from being automatically connected to?

I've noticed the following behavior: -If I create a new Network Location in the "Network" section of MacOS's System Preferences and the usb-ethernet adapter is plugged in, the new Location will automatically add the device to the list of adapters and connect to it. -If I create a new Location without the device plugged in, activate that location, and then plug in the device, it will not be automatically added to the list of devices, nor automatically connected to.