my prediction before reading is that they're using the piezo sparker to beat the DUT over the head with a big EMF spike
Edit: Nailed it!
grufkork 2 hours ago [-]
I thought they were going to just heat a chip to increase the overall error rate
throwawayqqq11 1 hours ago [-]
Be it eletric or thermal, i came here for fried hardware and left disappointed. Now i have to wrangle my curiosity to what happens when you lighter-spark a usb port for the rest of the day.
rkagerer 3 hours ago [-]
> Finally, I'd like to thank JEDEC for paywalling all of the specification documents that were relevant to conducting this research.
ted_dunning 2 hours ago [-]
Uh... yeah.
Just hold the sysadmins hand over the lighter until they tell you the password.
Never forget the easy way in ... the humans.
slj 2 hours ago [-]
Yes. We do this in Australia, around the bars and pubs getting a root with only a cigarette lighter is a classic move.
karmakurtisaani 2 hours ago [-]
I feel like getting root privileges means something else in Australia.
defrost 1 hours ago [-]
Still only a third of the full wombat trifecta.
CTOSian 42 minutes ago [-]
also free arcade credits :}
haunter 2 hours ago [-]
Yeah but can you light a cigarette with only a laptop? Checkmate atheists! /s
mirekrusin 2 hours ago [-]
If it's intel, you can fry an egg for sure.
LoganDark 6 minutes ago [-]
The ol' Black MacBook Cooktop...
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Edit: Nailed it!
Just hold the sysadmins hand over the lighter until they tell you the password.
Never forget the easy way in ... the humans.