• KillingTimeItself
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      46 months ago

      i mostly asked because other people would almost certainly have better ideas.

      Besides, if whatever they’re doing wouldn’t stand up to “being public knowledge” it’s not a very sound plan lmao.

      • Ann Archy
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        46 months ago

        “The whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost if you keep it a secret!”

        • KillingTimeItself
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          16 months ago

          no, you’re thinking about it wrong. The whole point of a doomsday machine is useless if it’s countered by simply being known about.

          China knowing how TSMC has their delete key working, shouldn’t make a fucking difference, on whether or not it works. If it does, it’s not a very good delete key, because china probably already knows how it works, as well as the US.

          • @Entropywins@lemmy.world
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            26 months ago

            You need to watch Dr. Strangelove or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb by Stanley Kubrik friend.

            • KillingTimeItself
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              16 months ago

              probably, i’m just repeating standard rules of security practice though. If it’s only secure because someone doesn’t know about it. It’s not secure.

              I highly doubt TSMC is doing anything less than the state of the art practices with regards to this problem.

      • @JamesTBagg@lemmy.world
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        16 months ago

        Or, this sounds like tactical planning in case of an invasion, to prevent access of valuable resources to the invaders. Making it “need to know” makes perfect sense.

        • KillingTimeItself
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          06 months ago

          yeah but that’s the problem though. It shouldn’t matter, why do you think the US is public about where it’s nuclear reactors are located?

          Why do you think every country with nuclear weapons is open about having them? It’s not because it’s a detriment if others know about it, it’s a detriment if others have them.

          China knowing about it merely makes it a MAD system. China knowing how it works would ensure that it’s almost impossible for them to actually take over the plant, assuming TSMC isn’t hiring idiots to run opsec.