Re: Don't trust the net too much

[Doug Hughes <Doug.Hughes@Eng.Auburn.EDU>]

>
>Doug Hughes writes:
>> 
>> Hmm.. I'm not sure I'd want to stand too close when one of those
>> things goes off, but it would be an interesting demo. :)
>> 
>> Maybe behind an EM shield.. ;) 
>
>What is it, exactly, that you imagine could happen to you? You realize
>that you can expose humans to pretty powerful electromagnetic fields
>without any noticable effect unless the frequency happens to be one
>that their tissues absorb.
>
I'm thinking better safe than sorry. None of the studies on EM fields
and their effects on humans are causal, but a lot of studies and advice
have concluded that caution and minimization may be advisable.
 It's the un-noticable effects that I'm worried about. ;)

>> I think there was a question of some microelectronics being permenently
>> damaged because of fusion at the MOS level (burning through the
>> gate),
>
>To do that requires that you transfer energy from your device into the
>computer you are attacking. How do you propose to do that?
>

Just relating what I thought I'd heard. It may be wrong, or I may be
remembering it wrong. My EM theory is a bit rusty.

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