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Re:Soldiers speak out about being blocked from repairing equ... by Meph504 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:53PM (#27851053)
Much of the communications equipment have complex counter measures built in, and sometimes just really simplistic ones that if you say open the case without unscrewing the screws in the right order, they are designed to fry themselves to prevent tampering.

This isn't something you really want to try to do in 120 degree heat, hanging out the side of a vehicle in a very sandy environment.

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Re:Soldiers speak out about being blocked from repairing equ... by CamperBob2 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @07:24PM (#27851264)
Historically, "frying themselves" was also meant in a very literal sense, with thermite or explosive charges.

Every so often, something would make it into the post-WWII surplus market with anti-tampering countermeasures still intact. Hilarity seldom ensued.

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