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Reminds me of that fun time I had to explain to my boss that providing a 'russian contact' of his with a number of servers that would have some sort of 'remote

Reminds me of that fun time I had to explain to my boss that providing a 'russian contact' of his with a number of servers that would have some sort of 'remote kill switches to delete everything', probably wasn't a smart venture for our hosting business. At some point the cops will come knocking :)

mirimir 7y ago
Kill switch? Maybe just LUKS with dropbear. Then: # cryptsetup luksRemoveKey /dev/mapper/foo
- pjc50 7y ago
  Check your local laws on cryptography and destruction of evidence before trying this. You may still be legally obliged to decrypt the material or go to jail.
  - mirimir 7y ago
    True. Last I read, that ex cop is still locked up in Philadelphia, for contempt. They don't believe that he forgot his passphrase. But parent was talking about hosting servers for a client. If the client executed that command, I don't see how the provider could be responsible. The client could be. But they'd need to extradite him, from Russia, which might not be so easy, these days.
    - Alupis 7y ago
      Sometimes going to jail for obstruction/destruction of evidence is a better option than the alternative...