- chiisana ( @chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net ) 11•1 day ago
Most portable electronics today use some variation of lithium ion batteries, which when it becomes unstable can combust/explode if mishandled. However, devices generally have thermal management software and hardware, as well as multitude of other safety mechanisms like power management systems to handle charge regulation. Unless you intentionally puncture your batteries, they’re not likely to cause any problems on their own.
I guess the question I am asking is how do I know someone hasn’t placed a bomb inside as is now happening with other devices in the world? (See current news)
- GiveMemes ( @GiveMemes@jlai.lu ) 10•1 day ago
You don’t. Try not to piss off any national governments, especially unhinged ones (Russia, China, US, Israel, etc.)
- sunzu2 ( @sunzu2@thebrainbin.org ) 6•1 day ago
Israel gets away with killing Americans now too… I don’t think others can do that without serious FO
- GiveMemes ( @GiveMemes@jlai.lu ) 8•1 day ago
I mean Saudi Arabia showed that American citizens lives only matter when they align with national interests years and years ago
- sunzu2 ( @sunzu2@thebrainbin.org ) 2•1 day ago
Damn… That’s even a better example tbh.
But yeah… Big dick daddy only gonna daddy protector shit if you are on the right side of the propaganda.
- GiveMemes ( @GiveMemes@jlai.lu ) 2•1 day ago
Yeah the best example is probably the Japanese internment camps during WW2. You don’t have ‘rights’, you have privileges. Rights can’t be taken away.
- sunzu2 ( @sunzu2@thebrainbin.org ) 2•1 day ago
Americans but not like that 🤡
- kent_eh ( @kent_eh@lemmy.ca ) English7•1 day ago
how do I know someone hasn’t placed a bomb inside
You learn enough about electronics to identify things that shouldn’t be in there, and then you open up and analyze your devices.
Alternatively, you could not become involved with an organization that is at war with a powerful country who has a capable spy/espionage agency.
- AntiOutsideAktion ( @AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml ) English3•1 day ago
Alternatively, you could not become involved with an organization that is at war with a powerful country who has a capable spy/espionage agency.
A pretty flippant answer coming from someone living under a western government
- Dave. ( @dgriffith@aussie.zone ) 7•1 day ago
That’s easy. Just fly somewhere and bring it in your carry-on, airport security will let you know.
- cmnybo ( @cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ) English2•1 day ago
Just buy a small, industrial CT scanner and scan your device. Compare the results to a device that you know hasn’t been tampered with.
- SteevyT ( @SteevyT@beehaw.org ) 1•19 hours ago
I’m not sure I can handle $75,000 per year, do you think that 30 day free trial would be long enough to pull this plan off?
Omg I need this in my living room.
- davel [he/him] ( @davel@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 day ago
Until you dismantle your devices, you don’t know, but unless a terrorist state like Isn’treal wants you dead, they almost definitely don’t have bombs in them. It’s not something I’m the least bit worried about.
- delirious_owl ( @delirious_owl@discuss.online ) 2•1 day ago
Probably don’t charge while wearing.
They tend to catch fire and explode mostly during charging
- The Doctor ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) English8•1 day ago
Unless somebody specifically installs an explosive charge in a device, it’s highly unlikely that modern power cells will detonate. If you want to get technical about it, they’re incendiaries. They don’t explode, they burn vigorously.
I am not asking about power cells 🤦🏽