• JohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]
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      7 months ago

      i think there's a defcon talk from a decade ago about what it would actually take to have a "self-destruct button" like in movies just for some servers or hard drives and i don't think any capitalist would justify the expense when they can have somebody else pay for aerial bombardment or some shit.

      • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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        7 months ago

        Sure, absolutely. But, otoh, if it's the US Military behind it, then money's no object. My initial thought on something like a self destruct would be that if I could use it so could my enemies... But, that was also my concern about massive data collection and surveillance states, and that didn't stop them so...😅🤷‍♂️

        Edit: but yeah aerial bombardment is what I would expect.

      • Egon
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        3 months ago

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        • keepcarrot [she/her]
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          7 months ago

          Sort of, there's a lot that can go wrong with long term self-destruct systems that mean that it's unrealistically expensive or a huge risk to the thing you're trying to "protect".