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My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  All cars with computers are vulnerable

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  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So like 95% of cars registered in a developed economy.

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    • ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sounds about right, yeah.

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• db2@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2305791.pdf

  Build one and report back. 🤷

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  • My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hmmm. Well, I do love taking apart old microwaves…

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    • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In all seriousness microwaves are the #1 leading cause of death for hobby electronics people, be careful around them and know what you’re doing before you open it.

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      • My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I didn’t realize they were the #1 killer. Most of them via electrocution of the HV capacitor, I would imagine?

        15ish years ago I got lucky and didn’t kill myself on the first one I ever cracked open. I managed to become marginally more intelligent and after poking around in it decided it’d be smart to research the art of microwave dismantling, which led to a minor anxiety attack and cold sweats when I realized how stupid I had been.

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    • ramenshaman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s quite dangerous, the magnetron can kill very easily

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      • My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        He’s a treasure. The inside of a microwave is insane in its casual dangers. Like that HV capacitor, or, more insidiously, the beryllium insulator that can cause berrylliosis if broken and inhaled.

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• SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  For cars, you’re gonna need something a bit bigger. Large coil, capacitor bank to generate a static field and some high explosives to disrupt that field to give the pulse. It fries the wires in a car. Single use only.

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  • My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sounds like an awesome YT video for backyard scientist or action labs or alpha phoenix or definitely styro pyro

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    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “Sorry but I only have video about the construction process. All the cameras I’ve set up got fried when I’ve set this thing off, including the memory cards. It even messed up the magnetic tape in the old school relic we had as a backup. With that out of the way, let’s get into the construction. This episode is sponsored by …”

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  • Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re going to need some really big conventional explosives to affect an EMF in any way. Not clear on the math, but at that point, blowing up the vehicle with a smaller amount of explosives would be much more efficient.

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• Teal@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  While I think the legality for such a device is a gray area one strong enough to damage or stop a car could kill or injure anyone around with a cardiac device or other electronic medical equipment.

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• Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Technically yes, but practically no.

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• Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  just interference, but you need a nuke to initiate an EMP effectively. i think some ev cars were susceptible to other forms of interference.

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