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Before and now after reading the article, I was immediately struck by the title that it’s astonishing this isn’t a more widely used concept. An “I’m complying”
by eyelidlessness 5y ago
Before and now after reading the article, I was immediately struck by the title that it’s astonishing this isn’t a more widely used concept. An “I’m complying” Dead Man’s Switch is a generally good idea for a lot of people for a lot of reasons. Maybe not just at a point of authentication but that’s a reasonably good place to start.
- mike_d 5y agoThere is a legal concept called adverse inference. It is based on the premise that you wouldn't destroy evidence that would be beneficial to you. In addition to any punishment the court may decide, they introduce the spirt of the destroyed evidence and treat is as materially detrimental to your side.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoThere are many actors one might comply with who aren’t law enforcement and to whom you may prefer granting access to garbage rather than the thing they’re seeking. I think the vast majority of people with debit cards would be comforted with the idea of being able to give a thief a PIN which doesn’t empty their bank account… even if they never get around to setting one up. No one would think people who do are up to something nefarious. The same goes for protecting oneself from abusers in one’s home. The set of reasons one might want this are so commonplace that the most widely used devices are set up to lock or wipe on failed login attempts either by default or by easy configuration.