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The best hacker I know is my 12 month old. Give him any kind of device for 2 minutes and you will discover a plethora of UI issues, hidden menus, and security

• ddtaylor 3y ago
  I came home one day and my cat was laying on my keyboard. Above her was a screen with a large amount of random control characters in a terminal with a kernel panic screen. So there's some series of buttons you can press that will crash a Linux desktop from a lock screen.
  • buildbot 3y ago
    At least for my cat and sad surfacebook Windows machine, I figured it was the device literally cooking it’s ram into a bitflip that caused it to bsod. The cat loves how toasty it gets!
    • trelane 3y ago
      > I figured it was the device literally cooking it’s ram into a bitflip that caused it to bsod. Funny, that's exactly how I push "control" in emacs. Ref: https://xkcd.com/1172/ https://xkcd.com/1172/
      • buildbot 3y ago
        Real programmers induce brainwaves into their cats telepathically so they sit just so to flip the required bit
  • LinuxBender 3y ago
    Possibly sysrq if you have the key + c or m [1]. Good kitty. [1] - https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.rst https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/admin-guide/sysrq.r...
  • wolfgang42 3y ago
    My favorite bug report in this vein: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1538615 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug... > Steps to reproduce: > 1. Leave laptop unattended in a cold room with a warm cat. > 2. Cat will sit on laptop keyboard. > 3. Wait 1 hour. > 4. Lightdm will become unresponsive. Also included: “Alternative steps to reproduce if cat is unavailable or uncooperative about being placed on keyboard (see attached pictures)”