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AI-powered vending machines that sell bullets could be hacked, says a cybersecurity expert (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Oh my. https://bioshock.fandom.com/wiki/Vending_Machines_(Rapture)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago

All you need is a frequency modulator and to send four pulses of a specific amplitude at the right time in sequence, and then all the bullet costs are discounted.

"¡Muchos gracias, señor!"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Does OSM have any bullet vending machines?

Edit it has two:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/12272507646
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/12118923148

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Thats genuinely amazing. The OSM community doesn't care if what you built is dumb, they just care if it's on the map

Props to them

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

vending machine that sells bullets

Sometimes I truly do love the absurdity of my country

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Experts find that water is wet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

But voting machines are safe, right? /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You mean like... buying ammo online?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I guess the local sales organizations couldn't let online stores have take over the entire dystopian market.

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