The article is about using sound to compromise negative pressure rooms.<p>From the headline, I was hoping for some kind of memetic Snow Crash type pathogen that infects you when you hear it
At first I thought this was click bait, too. But actually..<p>TL;DR take: Hospitals and labs contain deadly pathogens in regions of lowered air pressure. Sophisticated electronics monitor pressure and control the evacuation system accordingly. Many such spaces have resonant frequencies in the audio range. Ergo, it's possible to play specific tones through an entertainment system to establish significant deviation from the average pressure to fool the sensors, and disrupt the containment. Such tones could be embedded in pop music.<p>Wow.
Sony’s back with another root kit?!<p>Seriously though, that is a cool paper. Helps reinforce how much we need more adversarial testing, even for mundane things.
arxiv link for anyone interested in the full article:
<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.03688.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.03688.pdf</a>