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		dangus on Jan 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BusKill: A kill cord for your laptop If they don’t have due process laws they can throw you in jail until you produce the decryption password, and if they turn on the computer and it’s wiped they’ll throw away the key. If there is no due process, all bets are off and your best defense is to be uninteresting to authorities.

ianbooker on Jan 2, 2020 [–]

Things are not always black and / or white. The rule of law, in reality, is rather a continuous variable then a binary one.

And even if: A kill switch can simply hide / erase some things and present some weak evidence..

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