Can you get root with only a cigarette lighter? (2024)

 (vidbuchanan.co.uk)

83 points | by HeliumHydride 2 days ago

5 comments

  • b00ty4breakfast 3 hours ago
    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!

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    • grufkork 2 hours ago
      I thought they were going to just heat a chip to increase the overall error rate
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      • throwawayqqq11 2 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.
  • ted_dunning 3 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.

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  • rkagerer 4 hours ago
    > Finally, I'd like to thank JEDEC for paywalling all of the specification documents that were relevant to conducting this research.
  • slj 3 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.
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    • karmakurtisaani 2 hours ago
      I feel like getting root privileges means something else in Australia.
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      • defrost 2 hours ago
        Still only a third of the full wombat trifecta.
    • CTOSian 1 hour ago
      also free arcade credits :}
  • haunter 3 hours ago
    Yeah but can you light a cigarette with only a laptop? Checkmate atheists! /s
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