[chrisBob]

This seems like a good option if I am ever in an action movie and I need to tell the bad guy that all of the information will be released to CNN and the NYT if anything happens to me.

If I come up with something I can't tell my wife while I am alive, I will probably just put it in my will.

[jliptzin]

What prevents the bad guy from torturing you until you disable the DMS, then kill you?

[tormeh]

Any good DMS of that calibre can't be disabled. The operator must take upfront payment and not care if you die or not, only fulfilling a contract you can't go back on. Sounds like something a Swiss bank could do for you, if stereotype is to be believed.

[jliptzin]

Well, that may be so, but try explaining that to a (probably) not so intelligent bad guy who will just continue torturing you. Maybe a good feature for a DMS system would be a fake shut off switch that appears to be convincing to an adversary.

[marcosdumay]

Oh man, now that bad guy will torture swiss bankers...

As a second thought, could lead to a slower, but much more interesting movie.