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by Groxx 834 days ago
It's just one of many tools commonly used in the https://xkcd.com/538/ meme.
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lucb1e 834 days ago
Oh it's a way of saying "killed", or at least that something inconvenient will happen for/to you. Got it
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bigiain 834 days ago
See also "Rubber-hose cryptanalysis"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber-hose_cryptanalysis

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