DDoS attack could only slow down a deadman's switch it would eventually activate. Not sure how the switch works I assume someone from within the group just has to ping a server somewhere to reset a timer. East Coast DDoS slowing it down how would that even work unless the deadman's switch is on a East Coast server. I would even bet there's a multi switches on servers around the world. Sounds fake to me.
Agreed. I was playing with a dead man switch a while back, it checked an email address regularly and if it did not receive a correctly written email at the correct interval then it would execute a script. Some of the actions included Facebook and Twitter posts, I didn't have the API keys configured so it just kept trying because it did not recurve a successful response.
Eventually the ddos will stop, but the switch would already be active.
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Secus ago
"Very technical and complicated"
Seems like a cop out to not provide proof.
Probably fake.
hkrdrm ago
DDoS attack could only slow down a deadman's switch it would eventually activate. Not sure how the switch works I assume someone from within the group just has to ping a server somewhere to reset a timer. East Coast DDoS slowing it down how would that even work unless the deadman's switch is on a East Coast server. I would even bet there's a multi switches on servers around the world. Sounds fake to me.
Gravspeed ago
Agreed. I was playing with a dead man switch a while back, it checked an email address regularly and if it did not receive a correctly written email at the correct interval then it would execute a script. Some of the actions included Facebook and Twitter posts, I didn't have the API keys configured so it just kept trying because it did not recurve a successful response.
Eventually the ddos will stop, but the switch would already be active.