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

(vidbuchanan.co.uk)

33 points | by HeliumHydride 2 days ago

4 comments

  • b00ty4breakfast 27 minutes 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!

  • rkagerer 1 hour ago
    > Finally, I'd like to thank JEDEC for paywalling all of the specification documents that were relevant to conducting this research.
  • ted_dunning 26 minutes 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.

  • haunter 12 minutes ago
    Yeah but can you light a cigarette with only a laptop? Checkmate atheists! /s