This is a self-destruct switch that's been compromised by the enemy, and which no one on the bridge can de-activate - by design. It's not the first time this has happened, and it won't be the last.

There *are* models for helping your computer bust out of the Matrix. Back in 2016, Edward #Snowden and #BunnieHuang prototyped and published source code and schematics for an #IntrospectionEngine:

https://assets.pubpub.org/aacpjrja/AgainstTheLaw-CounteringLawfulAbusesofDigitalSurveillance.pdf

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Back in 2016, @bunnie and #EdwardSnowden released the #IntrospectionEngine, a separate computer that you could install in an Iphone, which would tell you whether it was infected with spyware:

https://www.tjoe.org/pub/direct-radio-introspection/release/2

But while there are some really interesting *positive* applications for this kind of software, the negative ones - unbeatable #DRM and tamper-proof #bossware - are genuinely horrifying.

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