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madaxe_again on Jan 23, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ross Ulbricht’s private journal shows Silk Road’s ...

Clearly we need laptops with kill-cords like outboard engines - operator steps away or device is removed from operator's vicinity, it shuts down.

nhaehnle on Jan 23, 2015 [–]

This shouldn't even be that difficult to rig together: Take a small USB key, combine with a wrist strap, and write a script to listen for USB key disconnects. As a bonus, if you want to get fancy, the encryption key itself (or a part of it) could be stored on the USB key.

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