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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: freedom-yeahright on October 04, 2013, 10:53 pm

Title: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: freedom-yeahright on October 04, 2013, 10:53 pm
Title says it all. anyone? I mean there had to be one right?
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: isallmememe on October 04, 2013, 10:58 pm
what d'you think this is, some jason bourne movie or something??
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: price-is-the-price-yo on October 04, 2013, 11:02 pm
lotta ins. lotta outs. and a lotta strands to keep in my head, man.
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: freedom-yeahright on October 04, 2013, 11:07 pm
what d'you think this is, some jason bourne movie or something??

No, not at all. Just common sense right..? This has been around forever, where have you been?

I have a 14 day. Then the server assumes I'm dead or in jail. My peeps get emails for info they need to know.

With something this big (SR) it had to have been considered and implemented somehow.

Oh, and thanks for your helpful input!
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: matrix66 on October 05, 2013, 11:42 am
+1
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: WebDevGal on October 05, 2013, 12:29 pm
if only.... need to c=run cron
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: omg303 on October 05, 2013, 12:40 pm
There are many explanations for this, its possible as people say that they caught him while he was logged into admin control panel and they have kept his account online since to stop any deadmans switch.

Or heres another wacked out theory, lets say the FBI are watching him for weeks as they 99% probably were, couldnt they just go into the places they see him using to go online and install hardware keyloggers on all the keyboards, or use cameras to capture all his passwords, the local library , local internet cafe etc, even break into his house and install a hardware keylogger on his own keyboard/laptop ?

What defense could he have had against this i wonder, none really that i can see?
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: matrix66 on October 05, 2013, 12:48 pm
i just called up the Nsa..and told them i'd lost £2k worth of coin..ect
i've sent them my home addy as instructed ans am waiting on  a cheque coming..."they said"
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: isallmememe on October 05, 2013, 01:02 pm
There are many explanations for this, its possible as people say that they caught him while he was logged into admin control panel and they have kept his account online since to stop any deadmans switch.

Or heres another wacked out theory, lets say the FBI are watching him for weeks as they 99% probably were, couldnt they just go into the places they see him using to go online and install hardware keyloggers on all the keyboards, or use cameras to capture all his passwords, the local library , local internet cafe etc, even break into his house and install a hardware keylogger on his own keyboard/laptop ?

What defense could he have had against this i wonder, none really that i can see?

i know if LE ever started hacking my door in and i had tor open, the first thing i'd do would be to grab that computer and hold that off switch down until i heard that click. they would have a job getting me off the thing until i heard that.
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: Eyeseeu on October 05, 2013, 01:38 pm
No kill switch. Sorry guys. DPR got caught with his laptop on, logged in. Six agents tackled him in a public library. Then they uploded the seiZure notice image from DPRs own laptop as they were cuffing him.

Move on, stay safe. Hope you all used pgp.
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: matrix66 on October 05, 2013, 02:00 pm
uploaded it from his own (dpr) laptop..!!
ffs! banger
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: zazoo on October 05, 2013, 03:07 pm
Yeh, I havn't heard any accounts/ videos/pics from people who were in the library.  Surprising given the age we live in now.
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: WebDevGal on October 08, 2013, 09:14 am
please bear with me.. 14 posts to 50.. been here all this time. I'm an introvert mostly and for the most part kept to myself and just lurked the vendors I was about to purchase from.

I'm thinking of how things could have been done differently to allow for a proper dead man's switch.
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: WebDevGal on October 08, 2013, 09:24 am
so think about it, the fbi got a hold of the keys to all those bitcoins.. either through the tumbler or the control panel or the disk image or physical server.
Title: Re: Dead man switch (cron job) - when/how/where? any ideas
Post by: WebDevGal on October 08, 2013, 09:36 am
biometrics... in combination with the requirement for 2 separate key holders needed to release the funds.