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The "localised EMP" you mention could simply be a low power microwave oven of same type we have in our kitchens you have to walk through. Waves of that frequenc
by Roark66 7y ago
The "localised EMP" you mention could simply be a low power microwave oven of same type we have in our kitchens you have to walk through. Waves of that frequency would not harm a person if they were fairly low power, but it would mess up every bit of non-metal-shielded electronics.
If you want to destroy a piece of electronics quickly put it in a microwave oven and hit start (also don't expect to eat from that oven later - plastic residue etc if it heats up that much is probably not safe to eat). This will destroy usb keys and storage on them, SSDs, laptops, smartphones and data on them. The only kind of data safe is magnetic type hard drives, but they become less and less common these days.
You could even make a kind of "wand" similar to what guys at the airport have for pinpointing metal items on people. Wave it around someone suspected of having a listening or recording device - job done.
- ceejayoz 7y agoRemember to switch it off if you invite Dick Cheney in for a visit, though. Frying his pacemaker would be a bit of a PR hit.
- excalibur 7y agoYou made it weird by singling out Cheney, but impact on medical devices is an important consideration for any such scheme.
- ceejayoz 7y agoThe intention wasn't to "make it weird"; he simply serves as a prominent example of a) someone with an implanted medical device and b) someone who probably spent a lot of time in SCIFs.
- ratmice 7y agoNot frying his pacemaker would be a hole in the perimeter
- xnyan 7y agoOr boon depending on your judgement of the 46th Vice President.
- usrusr 7y ago“non-metal-shielded electronics“ So a bad actor would shield them? The primary countermeasure to incredibly small storage is minimizing the availability of devices that could write them on site. That microSD hidden in a nostril won't be of much use if the attacker does not find anything to plug it. (regarding OP's story: I was kind of expecting it to end with the spaceballs password in heavy use behind all that physical security, still kind of disappointed/relieved)