Discussion

Can You Get Root With Only a Cigarette Lighter?

rkagerer: > Finally, I'd like to thank JEDEC for paywalling all of the specification documents that were relevant to conducting this research.

ted_dunning: Uh... yeah.Just hold the sysadmins hand over the lighter until they tell you the password.Never forget the easy way in ... the humans.

b00ty4breakfast: my prediction before reading is that they're using the piezo sparker to beat the DUT over the head with a big EMF spikeEdit: Nailed it!

haunter: Yeah but can you light a cigarette with only a laptop? Checkmate atheists! /s

mirekrusin: If it's intel, you can fry an egg for sure.

slj: Yes. We do this in Australia, around the bars and pubs getting a root with only a cigarette lighter is a classic move.

karmakurtisaani: I feel like getting root privileges means something else in Australia.

grufkork: I thought they were going to just heat a chip to increase the overall error rate

defrost: Still only a third of the full wombat trifecta.