In article <9310011625.AA10686@snark.lehman.com> you write:
You know, if people are going to discuss breaking blowing up computers and killing people, they could at least have the taste to discuss it elsewhere. Myself, I'm not a believer in violence, and I don't think this list is devoted to explosives. Newgroup alt.terrorism.techniques if you insist.
Much as it pains me to agree with Perry when he's in his traditional 'wet blanket' mode, I feel I ought to point out that the kid who's currently in jail under half a million bail is there because files on his system apparently suggested direct violent action against law enforcement officers. While I understand that the comments made here are in fun, I'd be willing to bet there are some tight-assed LE types reading this who don't see the joke, and that the people who suggested various forms of bombs as data protection devices are now in the list of people to bust first when the revolution doesn't come. By the way, all schemes that rely on your computer detecting some change are useless. Any half-intelligent cop raiding your machine is just going to take the drive out and put it on one of his own machines. The only thing you can do is encrypt the drive. And we'll find out soon enough how the land lies on divulging of encryption keys when prz ends up in court. If anyone seriously implemented a dead-man's-handle to destroy his data, I can promise you that all that will happen is that you'll accidentally destroy your own data. G