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An Anonymous Coward writes:

I remember vague stories heard in the 90s about "viruses" that would take over your computer, then spin your hard drive so fast that it broke.
Then there was the history of stuxnet and the Iran uranium centrifuges.
Just now I saw this story about pagers (of Hezbollah members) exploding https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7xnelvpepo [bbc.com]
I suspect a virus that does something to batteries, rather than traditional explosives.

if my suspicion is true... are we looking at a future where high-density batteries are too dangerous for regular people?

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