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minus-squareJillyB@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoYes exactly. That’s my point. Why would the US (or any country exporting complex defense products) need a Killswitch when they can just cut off support and make your equipment quickly useless.
minus-squareadb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 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-up2·4 days agoEven if it is not a literal red button that they press and everything powers down, they definitely have backdoors.
Yes exactly. That’s my point. Why would the US (or any country exporting complex defense products) need a Killswitch when they can just cut off support and make your equipment quickly useless.
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.