ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoHypothetically, if you are a witness or whistleblower who's adversary was a very big corporation (such as boeing), what measures could you take to prevent yourself from being "suicided"?message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down16
arrow-up1238arrow-down1message-squareHypothetically, if you are a witness or whistleblower who's adversary was a very big corporation (such as boeing), what measures could you take to prevent yourself from being "suicided"?ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up45·edit-215 hours agoDead Man’s Switch. Something something Notary Public Whatever Snowden did
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·15 hours agoAnd you’ll need to publicly advertise that you are using one for it to be effective.
minus-squaresouperk@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·14 hours agoAlso, the payload needs to be worse than what you are already disclosing…
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 hours agoNot necessarily. They just need to want to prevent it from being disclosed more than they want to kill you.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 hours agoWorth noting that this is something that can change over time. For example, if Snowden had done such a thing, it would be essentially useless now, since the known and accepted activities of the US government are now worse than what Snowden revealed.
Dead Man’s Switch. Something something Notary Public
Whatever Snowden did
And you’ll need to publicly advertise that you are using one for it to be effective.
Also, the payload needs to be worse than what you are already disclosing…
Not necessarily. They just need to want to prevent it from being disclosed more than they want to kill you.
Worth noting that this is something that can change over time. For example, if Snowden had done such a thing, it would be essentially useless now, since the known and accepted activities of the US government are now worse than what Snowden revealed.