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		r2_pilot on Aug 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear_junction_detector Doesn't work for shielded electronics, and there may be false positives, but this is one way to detect circuitry.

nokya on Aug 8, 2022 [–]

Thanks for the share. I clicked the source cited in the page, it seems to be quite an overkill/invasive method (and dangerous for the person doing the detection), no? It seems to not be accessible to civilians...

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