Indeed, having the right to own something doesn't remove your responsibility should your stupid use of the right kill someone or break something.

I'm not sure I understand how someone who crams a pistol in their waistband is a "responsible gun owner."

A "responsible gun owner" is going to have a proper holster for the purpose - which would prevent accidental discharges by preventing access to the trigger (by fingers, or snagging on stuff).

I already do that because it's the most convenient place to put it... whoops!

Somehow I manage to avoid the temptation to text, surf the web, or watch youtube while I drive, though. I guess that makes me the special one?

The other trouble I've had is prerequisites being poorly defined.

I tried to take an AI course that said the only requirement was algebra. Sure! Suddenly, calculus! Though I struggled through that as I've had some prior exposure, what put the tombstone down for me was probability. I just couldn't wrap my head around it, and the course assumed you already understood it all.

Oh! I think I remember what goes on, now. The antennas are inductively coupled. If that helps!

Well, the neat part about operating in the reactive near-field is the reception is detectable. I'm not 100% on how it works, but I remember that much from studying for my ham license.

I don't know if it's possible to fake that phenomena.

Oh, lovely.

(I am fully aware that deauths happen outside of encryption and that's how aircrack and the like work. I was, perhaps naively, hoping this 'product' wouldn't exploit that.)

How long do those trips to the bathroom or for coffee take? You might already be getting your hourly 5 in...

A vague splotch of color moving about isn't much more informative than a black screen.

I read that as it operates within a particular network.

Unless you go onto their wifi with this, I don't see it doing anything?

Are you able to perform the inverse though (send data to it) in a way that isn't "detectable" - specifically if it was intended for reactive near-field?

The real danger isn't so much the receipt of information as it is the ability to send data to it (commands, fuzzing, etc)

The microcontroller runs at that speed. The x86 CPU is 500mhz dual-core.

I didn't say NFC. I said Near Field. "Near Field" is a very specific thing.

If your antenna is more distant than the near-field you are not in the near-field, but in the far-field. You can probably figure out how to communicate, I'd imagine that the real trick is synchronizing your oscillator (but this is a solved problem - radios do it all the time) but certainly any schmuck with a laptop or smartphone wouldn't be able to do it - you're going to need extra equipment.

"Near Field" is a very specific thing. Whatever you're thinking of there, certainly isn't what I'm talking about - the near field of 2.4ghz would be around 1/10 of a meter away and no further.

I don't have any problems if it was broadcasting data, but if it's a 2-way communication (at layer 1) then they can fuck right off.

If you want to communicate, plug something in (or use near-field etc)