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

submitted 19 hours 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] 23 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

"It is easy for an underaged purchaser to go online and click they are of legal age, purchase ammunition, and have it shipped to their house," added Magers

WTF America, do amo marketplaces really have the same security standards as p**nhub ?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Don't you need to provide an ID to verify your age for porn in some states?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

About to be all states, under his eye.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 16 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 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours 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 17 hours 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 18 hours ago

vending machine that sells bullets

Sometimes I truly do love the absurdity of my country

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

But voting machines are safe, right? /s

[–] [email protected] 8 points 19 hours ago

Experts find that water is wet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You mean like... buying ammo online?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

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

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