▲ 405 ▼ Hypothetically, if you are a witness or whistleblower who's adversary was a very big corporation (such as boeing), what measures could you take to prevent yourself from being "suicided"? (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 2 years ago by IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 101 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (2 children) And you'll need to publicly advertise that you are using one for it to be effective. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] souperk@reddthat.com 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also, the payload needs to be worse than what you are already disclosing... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not necessarily. They just need to want to prevent it from being disclosed more than they want to kill you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago Worth noting that this is something that can change over time. For example, if Snowden had done such a thing, it would be essentially useless now, since the known and accepted activities of the US government are now worse than what Snowden revealed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago Not necessarily. The only people who would need to know are the people who are already researching you to have you killed for a potential leak, and they would operate under the assumption of a DMS in place already. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] souperk@reddthat.com 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Also, the payload needs to be worse than what you are already disclosing... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not necessarily. They just need to want to prevent it from being disclosed more than they want to kill you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago Worth noting that this is something that can change over time. For example, if Snowden had done such a thing, it would be essentially useless now, since the known and accepted activities of the US government are now worse than what Snowden revealed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not necessarily. They just need to want to prevent it from being disclosed more than they want to kill you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago Worth noting that this is something that can change over time. For example, if Snowden had done such a thing, it would be essentially useless now, since the known and accepted activities of the US government are now worse than what Snowden revealed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago Worth noting that this is something that can change over time. For example, if Snowden had done such a thing, it would be essentially useless now, since the known and accepted activities of the US government are now worse than what Snowden revealed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago Not necessarily. The only people who would need to know are the people who are already researching you to have you killed for a potential leak, and they would operate under the assumption of a DMS in place already. permalink fedilink source parent