• JohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]@hexbear.net
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    8 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.

    • Egon [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      Pressing the comically large self-destruct button, but nothing happens because Raytheon cut corners and skimped on the fuse

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        8 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”.

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      8 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.