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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

edit: after 20 comments, i'm adding a post description here, since most of the commenters so far appear not to be reading the article:

This is about how surprisingly cheap it is (eg $15,000) to buy a complete production line to be able to manufacture batteries with a layer of nearly-undetectable explosives inside of them, which can be triggered by off-the-shelf devices with only their firmware modified.

screenshot of paragraph from the article saying "The process to build such batteries is well understood and documented. Here is an excerpt from one vendor’s site promising to sell the equipment to build batteries in limited quantities (tens-to-hundreds per batch) for as little as $15,000:" followed by a screenshot of "Flow-chart of Pouch Cell Lab-scale Fabrication" showing a 20 step process

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[-] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 76 points 1 day ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Jfc Christ Lemmy.

Every single comment misunderstanding the point. The batteries are exploding because there's explosives in them. This does make them exploding batteries. They explode because they are partially made with explosives. Please don't "well actually" this.

No this is not a description of something Israel did, it's a hypothetical way to do a similar attack to show how within reach of idiot terrorists it is.

Raising the idea of doing this so everyone is thinking about it is extremely bad for us all. Thanks Israel.

[-] db2@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

Please don't well actually this.

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

[-] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 1 points 7 hours ago

Did it really need quotes?
Please don't "well actually" this

[-] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

Yes, yes it did. I didn't understand that sentence until I saw this version with quotes.

[-] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 1 points 5 hours ago

Til I use "well actually" too much. I will edit, thank you for the constructive help with my shitpost

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