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Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops by ASalazarMX on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @12:43PM (#29569151)
"JOB OPPORTUNITY: Assassins and mercenaries required. Must be proficient in game theory".

In reality they will torture you until you stop decrypting partitions, and then a bit more of special torture, just in case.

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Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops by dane-pgp on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @03:11PM (#29571000)
If they don't understand game theory, that just means they will act sub-optimally. In any case, the correct strategy for the user is still to not decrypt any partitions, since, as you say, the sooner the user stops decrypting, the sooner the torturers give up.
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Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops by r-w on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @07:49PM (#29573528)
I don't think either of has met someone who engages in actual torture, but I imagine they rarely, if ever, “give up”.
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