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minus-squareadb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoFair point but I find it bold to assume that people do stuff only because they need do. We also do plenty of stuff just because we can. And if you have a tractor company that includes kill switches in its equipment ( https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/john-deere-remotely-disables-tractors-stolen-in-ukraine-by/427045 ) it’s hard to rule out that a Defense department, which probably pays handsomely a certain number people to be actively paranoid, would refrain from doing so.
minus-squareVritrahan@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoEven if it is not a literal red button that they press and everything powers down, they definitely have backdoors.
Fair point but I find it bold to assume that people do stuff only because they need do. We also do plenty of stuff just because we can.
And if you have a tractor company that includes kill switches in its equipment ( https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/john-deere-remotely-disables-tractors-stolen-in-ukraine-by/427045 ) it’s hard to rule out that a Defense department, which probably pays handsomely a certain number people to be actively paranoid, would refrain from doing so.
Even if it is not a literal red button that they press and everything powers down, they definitely have backdoors.