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by matte_black 2981 days ago
No, if you have ordered keys and only you know the order, there is no way to do it unless you give the order, and even then there’s no way to confirm the order is correct without trying it.

The way around this is to threaten not to kill the target, but rather kill their whole family or those they care about viciously and painfully, and be ready to do it, if the order is wrong and there is an automated leak.

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Well sure, just like you could give them the wrong private key.

I always find these arguments against coercion attacks unconvincing. "Well, they can force you to give them information A, but for some reason not force you to give them information B." No, they'll put you in jail and force you to give them all the information needed to send check-ins, period.