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The reason we don’t see exploding battery attacks more often is not because it’s technically hard, it’s because the erosion of public trust in everyday things isn’t worth it. (www.bunniestudios.com)
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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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[–] db2@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Please don't well actually this.

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

[–] 8000gnat@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago

even electronic brain pancake crystal elderly

[–] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago

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