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		bradleyland on June 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stealing keys from PCs using a radio: cheap electr... My understanding is that light doesn't interact with electromagnetic fields, so you couldn't use a laser to detect electromagnetic fields.

Ken-B on July 2, 2015 | [–]

light IS a EM field. First sentence on wiki: "Light is electromagnetic radiation ..."

And yes, electromagnetic fields interact.

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