I’m intrigued how that would work with some styles of plug that disconnect before coming out of the socket like the uk type-G plugs. Unless they’re not touching the socket itself and connecting somewhere else?
Police have had, since the late 90s I think, the “Hotplug” which is a special battery pack / generators that provide a special power plug where you can gently loosen the existing plug, slide the generator’s plug in place over it, then remove the computer from the main supply while keeping it powered on.
Power plug locks only buy you time or prevent casual mayhem; the police can work around those.
Strawberry@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
It doesn’t matter for server class hardware, they generally have dual PSUs to ensure they stay up if one of the two lines fails. So unplug one side, plug in your backup/mobile supply, the disconnect everything else and then run away with the blade
Strawberry@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
oh yes that makes a lot of sense for server stuff. I imagine that may be quite useful for general use & maintenance too.
I’m too caught up thinking of consumer stuff.
mojitas@lemmynsfw.com 7 hours ago
This probably works in the UK and US. Rest of Europe, not so much unless you gently strip the cable which is pretty dangerous.
frongt@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
It’s not that dangerous. They make strippers that will only take off the outer insulation, and then you can use vampire taps on the wires.
Or you might be able to pop the case and jump the power on the DC side. You could easily do that on an ATX power supply, but servers are a little more complicated, because hotplug PSUs use wafer connectors instead of molex plugs.
tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Interesting
DancingTable@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Should build the software so the second it loses internet connection, or its IP address changes, it clears the ram.
Cannot move a server without it losing internet, and even if they find a way around it, it’d still force an IP address change.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
The DevOps way is to have them die at regular intervals in addition to other triggers and then rebuild on a regular cadence. Iirc correctly Netflix servers have a 12 hour TTL. Windscribe could easily do a 1-2 hour TTL with matching certs and encryption keys.
BanMe@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Seems trivial to code in a beacon dependency and then embed that beacon in the walls or floor so the police would have to dismantle the entire building before being able to find it and take it along for the ride. Or heck a combination of beacons so the police don’t know how many to look for.