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"For the Minuteman ICBM force, the US Air Force's Strategic Air Command worried that in times of need the codes would not be available, so they quietly decided
by chaosmachine 16y ago
"For the Minuteman ICBM force, the US Air Force's Strategic Air Command worried that in times of need the codes would not be available, so they quietly decided to set them to 00000000; checking this combination was even present on the launch checklists. This was not changed until 1977."
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- steve19 16y agoSecurity is always a comprise between protection and accessibility. The USAF, rightly or wrongly, thought that the requirement the codes prevented them from doing their job (responding to a nuke attack).
- ihsw 16y agoProtection? What does 'protection' even mean (in this context)? Confidentiality, integrity, and availability are the most basic tenets of security. In the parent's case accessibility is held above integrity.