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by ryandrake 278 days ago
Many highly-sophisticated technical solutions are still vulnerable to the "wrench attack". https://xkcd.com/538/

Unfortunately, whenever governments try to solve the wrench attack, they do so by removing the end user's control over their own stuff.

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And if you, as a savvy individual, makes yourself immune to a wrench attack, it’s unhelpful if the person hitting you with a wrench doesn’t believe you.