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I don't understand the lead pipe analogy. What's up with getting a metal pipe if you don't "agree to keep this secret"?

• Groxx 3y ago
  It's just one of many tools commonly used in the https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/ meme.
  • lucb1e 3y ago
    Oh it's a way of saying "killed", or at least that something inconvenient will happen for/to you. Got it
  • bigiain 3y ago
    See also "Rubber-hose cryptanalysis" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis