• jarfil@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Sure, but how often does that happen to servers running 24/7? They’d have to set up some sort of dead man’s switch, movement sensors, or something. It’s unlikely they’d get a day’s notice that the servers are going to be confiscated for forensic analysis.

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      9 months ago

      How long do you think it takes to broadcast a network wide shutdown command over the management network?

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        9 months ago

        How long do you think would you have? Also, any manual action on your part would be obstruction, while an automated system could be defended as anti-theft protection.