Reminds me of the classic iPhone MEMS oscillator helium issue [0]. Not sure a backpack-portable tank would contain enough helium to cause problems though, even in an enclosed classroom; the bluetooth possibilities are probably more plausible.
High school student allegedly uses device to turn off nearby iPhones
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#32This reminds me of a time back in high school when a friend bought a cell jammer on ebay and we walked around school just waiting for people to start texting before turning it on and losing our heads at their confusion. Stupid to do, but bored high schoolers do stupid things…
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#33The article isn't very specific, but I would speculate that the iPhone for someone somewhat high up in the school was affected.
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#34Wow Must be embarrassing for school if a student is doing their job for them.
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#35Before any gets inspired by this and tries to use an F0 for assorted hijinks like this, just make sure you understand the legal framework in your country. In the UK where I am for example, this is almost certainly “deliberate interference with wireless telegraphy” which can carry a 2 year prison sentence. Not saying that the law isn’t an ass, just that you might want to know what you’re getting yourself into before you do the prank.
See https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/rules
> It is illegal, unless authorised, to use any apparatus for the purpose of interfering with wireless telegraphy. For full details, see section 68(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006.
> The maximum penalty is up to two years’ imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine.Re: High school student allegedly uses device to turn off nearby iPhones
#36Oh no my phone turned off. Someone call the police.
Do this in the wrong school district and they'll put you in prison. Absolutely ridiculous.
Well, given the recent trend in school shootings, someone would have panicked thinking that a student going postal would first attempt to turn off devices around to stop other people from calling for help.
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#37It's probably a flipper zero. There is a Bluetooth iOS spamming script which can cause the devices to freeze or crash.
ha when i was in school we used 'punters' to kick people off AOL
At one point you could just send a ton of <<<<<<< which caused some internal parser to slow down horribly and eventually crash
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
ha when i was in school we used 'punters' to kick people off AOL
s/CON/CON
This looked to me like a useless sed substitution.
But, apparently, typing "{S /con/con" in an AOL chat blue-screened Windows participants that had their AOL sounds turned on.
http://mazur-archives.s3.amazonaws.com/aol-files/breaches/co... [AOL-Files.com] (2000)
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#39Before any gets inspired by this and tries to use an F0 for assorted hijinks like this, just make sure you understand the legal framework in your country. In the UK where I am for example, this is almost certainly “deliberate interference with wireless telegraphy” which can carry a 2 year prison sentence. Not saying that the law isn’t an ass, just that you might want to know what you’re getting yourself into before y…
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#40Brings back high school memories when we used to shutdown peoples mIRC client with a special message that you could send as a personal message to them.
I don't know it anymore but I remember it started with a whole bunch of aaaaaaa, but also included other characters. The beauty is the attack left no trace at all, so they never knew what hit them.