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I Will Kill You [video]

159 pointsby 11y agoyoutube.com
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11y agoHN ↗

This title is kind of off-putting out of context, so here's what it's about (from the description on the video):

"Have you ever wanted to kill someone? Do you want to get rid of your partner, your boss or your arch nemesis? Perhaps you want to enjoy your life insurance payout whilst you’re still alive. Do you have rich elderly parents that just won’t die quick enough? Or do you want a “Do Over” new identity.

Then, this presentation is for you! I’ll provide you with the insight and techniques on how to “kill” someone and obtain a real death certificate and shutdown their lives. It focuses on the lack of security controls that allow any of us to virtually kill off anyone or any number of people ...

The presentation will explain the death process and will highlight the vulnerabilities and its implications world-wide ...

The third and final step of the presentation is “The baby harvest”, a concept that I’ve developed, which involves creating and raising virtual identities ..."

11y agoHN ↗

Amazing how similar this is to some academic physics papers in trying to make boring results more interesting by choosing ear-catching phrasing. I hear this stuff so much I immediately quit wanting to listen to the author.

11y agoHN ↗

I gotta admit: I'm kind of a sucker for it. I like how the DefCon talks have a certain passion to them. Sometimes I think that people who are obsessed with inventing... well, we give off the vibe that we aren't excited about living our lives.

I'm up at 5:24AM my time really taking a deep dive into twisted thread management. Why? Well, if I had a reason like, "I WILL KILL YOU," then I might actually want to answer that question.

11y agoHN ↗

Unfortunately, this video is not available in your country because it could contain music from SME, for which we could not agree on conditions of use with GEMA.

Thanks for using non-free music. :(

11y agoHN ↗

Thanks for using non-free music.

You're putting a lot of faith in GEMA's judgement on the matter, aren't you?

11y agoHN ↗

The video contains a fairly lengthy clip of Don't Fear the Reaper by the Blue Oyster Cult.

11y agoHN ↗

If it is not a false judgment, then what is the problem?

11y agoHN ↗

I there an alternate source for this video, who does not censor?

11y agoHN ↗

I'd be pissed if I was a parent of one of those kids.

11y agoHN ↗

I'd look into suing them, too. "Willful impersonation" is probably illegal, unless there's some nasty LEO-covering provision.

11y agoHN ↗

I'm missing the epilogue here. His video implies that he really went through this process with a real person, so where's the fallout?