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Jameson Lopp maintains a comprehensive list at https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks Side joke: w

Jameson Lopp maintains a comprehensive list at https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks Side joke: with inflation the XKCD $5 wrench attack (https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/) is no longer possible.

qoez 1y ago
The alt text does say "Also, I would be hard-pressed to find that wrench for $5." so I guess even at the time without inflation it wasn't really possible
- apples_oranges 1y ago
  For Americans now difficult. Rest of the world can still order cheaply in China ;)
  - cluckindan 1y ago
    Maybe those orders should be limited given how the tools have no other valid use than password extraction
    - hansvm 1y ago
      You speak with the same sort of hard-earned wisdom of someone who has also snapped a few cheap wrenches in half.
grues-dinner 1y ago
It could be a second-hand wrench. Or maybe smuggled in without tariffs: a 1-foot, 3-pound wrench is $3.45 on Taobao (including shipping, a pair of gloves and a roll of PTFE tape). It might not be Snap-On but it'll probably survive being hit with a few crypto speculator skulls.
- krisoft 1y ago
  Or a stolen wrench. If you are already on the path of criminality.
  - lazide 1y ago
    Hey man, some of us have limits (/s) Seriously though, most B&E’s will use tools stolen from some prior victim. Why spend money you don’t need to, or something.
    - dylan604 1y ago
      Or tools from the current victim. Someone broke into my house using the utensils from my grill on the patio to try to pry open a rear window before just using them to break the glass.
    - grues-dinner 1y ago
      Also you can't be filmed at the hardware shop buying the weapon. Premeditation makes things worse if you do get caught.
- brewdad 1y ago
  The key is to have made the investment long ago. I never put money in crypto but I do own two large pipe wrenches from the mid 1990s.
nssnsjsjsjs 1y ago
Next they'll hit someone over the head with a shitcoin to try and steal their wrench!
oulipo 1y ago
No worries, now you can simply use $5 of Toblerone lol https://archive.ph/TZ9oq https://archive.ph/TZ9oq
os2warpman 1y ago
https://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools/wrenches/18-in-steel-pipe-wrench-61350.html https://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools/wrenches/18-in-stee... $7.99 They also have an 8-inch wrench on sale for $3 but I'd spend the extra for the pipe wrench. Better whackin' with an 18-incher.

qoez 1y ago

The alt text does say "Also, I would be hard-pressed to find that wrench for $5." so I guess even at the time without inflation it wasn't really possible

apples_oranges 1y ago
For Americans now difficult. Rest of the world can still order cheaply in China ;)
- cluckindan 1y ago
  Maybe those orders should be limited given how the tools have no other valid use than password extraction
  - hansvm 1y ago
    You speak with the same sort of hard-earned wisdom of someone who has also snapped a few cheap wrenches in half.

grues-dinner 1y ago

It could be a second-hand wrench. Or maybe smuggled in without tariffs: a 1-foot, 3-pound wrench is $3.45 on Taobao (including shipping, a pair of gloves and a roll of PTFE tape). It might not be Snap-On but it'll probably survive being hit with a few crypto speculator skulls.

krisoft 1y ago
Or a stolen wrench. If you are already on the path of criminality.
- lazide 1y ago
  Hey man, some of us have limits (/s) Seriously though, most B&E’s will use tools stolen from some prior victim. Why spend money you don’t need to, or something.
  - dylan604 1y ago
    Or tools from the current victim. Someone broke into my house using the utensils from my grill on the patio to try to pry open a rear window before just using them to break the glass.
  - grues-dinner 1y ago
    Also you can't be filmed at the hardware shop buying the weapon. Premeditation makes things worse if you do get caught.
brewdad 1y ago
The key is to have made the investment long ago. I never put money in crypto but I do own two large pipe wrenches from the mid 1990s.

nssnsjsjsjs 1y ago

Next they'll hit someone over the head with a shitcoin to try and steal their wrench!

oulipo 1y ago

No worries, now you can simply use $5 of Toblerone lol https://archive.ph/TZ9oq https://archive.ph/TZ9oq

os2warpman 1y ago

https://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools/wrenches/18-in-steel-pipe-wrench-61350.html https://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools/wrenches/18-in-stee... $7.99 They also have an 8-inch wrench on sale for $3 but I'd spend the extra for the pipe wrench. Better whackin' with an 18-incher.