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by tormeh 4449 days ago
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.
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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.
Oh man, now that bad guy will torture swiss bankers...

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