ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoHypothetically, 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"?message-squaremessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down110
arrow-up1385arrow-down1message-squareHypothetically, 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"?ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squaresouperk@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 days agoAlso, the payload needs to be worse than what you are already disclosing…
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days agoNot necessarily. They just need to want to prevent it from being disclosed more than they want to kill you.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoWorth 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.
Also, the payload needs to be worse than what you are already disclosing…
Not necessarily. They just need to want to prevent it from being disclosed more than they want to kill you.
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.