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• prvc 6y ago
  What does that have to do with a rubber hose?
  • jagged-chisel 6y ago
    Rubber hose, hammer ... same usage, slightly different “impact”
  • wtallis 6y ago
    The proverbial rubber hose serves the same purpose as the $5 wrench mentioned in the comic.
  • dabeeeenster 6y ago
    It's a torture instrument
  • LiquidSky 6y ago
    The comic uses a wrench, "rubber hose" is the older way of phrasing it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis
  • LgWoodenBadger 6y ago
    Rubber hoses were used by police to beat confessions out of suspects without leaving visible evidence of a beating. At least according to the materials I've read.
• jonplackett 6y ago
  There really is an XKCD for every occasion.
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