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Re:Apple MacBooks Can Be Hacked Through The Battery by aznwhtey on Saturday July 23, 2011 @11:53AM (#2797097)
Actually, Macbooks use lithium polymer batteries which are highly explosive when overcharged (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MiM2E6pvfg). So by telling the OS that a battery is not charged when it really is can cause it to explode.
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Re:Apple MacBooks Can Be Hacked Through The Battery by Cushman on Saturday July 23, 2011 @12:52PM (#2797246)
That's a bare LiPo cell wired directly to current— not a good demonstration of how a well-designed battery pack would behave, even one with malicious firmware.
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