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It wasn't a "not properly set up" thing, it was the military deliberately pushing back against safeguards they saw as making the US deterrent less credible.
by mrec 10y ago
It wasn't a "not properly set up" thing, it was the military deliberately pushing back against safeguards they saw as making the US deterrent less credible.
- effie 10y agoThat would work if they made the password full of zeroes public. But did they? I think it's more likely they wanted to increase probability of correct execution. So they prepared for the possibility the correct passwords to launch would not be available when needed, in the simplest way - have a password that is easily remembered.