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Re:Trains were designed to break down after third-party repa... by jijji on Thursday December 14, 2023 @07:01AM (#38640451)
I have seen developers lock/encrypt their code they write and then when they get fired for it, they want the company to pay a fee to get them to unlock it/release source code
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Re:Trains were designed to break down after third-party repa... by QVVRP4nYz on Thursday December 14, 2023 @09:35AM (#38641744)
That is textbook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_bomb and is very "jailable" - as if plain blackmail laws weren't enough.

Edit: someone already added Newag there :D

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Re:Trains were designed to break down after third-party repa... by jacquesm on Thursday December 14, 2023 @11:46AM (#38643415)
They better have some code around it that stops that from happening when the train is in service.
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