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I actually used to maintain a "kill the servers" script, long ago when I was responsible for servers that had sensitive data on them. Tried to rather; they're h

I actually used to maintain a "kill the servers" script, long ago when I was responsible for servers that had sensitive data on them. Tried to rather; they're hard to keep up to date and hard to test. Worse than backups in the "will we ever need this?" priority race. Physical demolition is much less likely to fail, and more fun to test. Thermite charges are easy enough to make.

xyzzy123 4y ago
> Thermite charges are easy enough to make. I think I'd be too worried about burning my house down, and/or liability in a commercial context. It's also one of the most suspicious sounding things you could possibly do. "There was thermite in the servers" instantly makes people wonder just how much child exploitation material you were storing to even think about doing that. It's not endearing to judges or the media and both of these are likely to be involved in the aftermath.