The reality is people get laid off or fired for all sorts of reasons. This is the IT equivalent of setting fire to the equipment that you used to build something and the production prototype and walking out the door thinking you can just just leave and get away with it.

In this guy's fantasy he would be doing 10 to 20 years of prison time if he gets caught and charged with both state and federal crimes. And let's be real, he'll definitely get caught.

The lawyer: "You did WHAT??"

So how did you test it?

Presses button

Syntax error on line 1

Shit…

Well that's one way to never get another job again.

My first thought was how do you test this actually works?

It’s so wild to see all the fucking hall monitors in here wagging their fingers.

You all deserve whatever you get.

If you've ever been let go by a corp you know you're gonna need some sort of remote trigger. They'll say "Can I see you for a minute?" and then BOOM! out the door.

I hate AI. But this should realistically be called a "arrest me" button.

I know it's a meme but I'd notify the lawyer before coding that, they'll laugh themselves silly. Electronic vandalism is still vandalism only the damages are higher.

You could probably make it look like an accident. "I guess the LLM was having trouble reaching my account after I was deleted, so it posted everything to pastebin so I could see it there"

Still risky and a funnier fantasy than good idea.

I got laid off almost 2 years ago. I now work for the same company again working fewer hours at much higher pay. Layoffs aren't necessarily the end, and they can very much be the start of renegotiating your position

I really hope this kind of stand off becomes normalized. We can all lose.

this is why we should code backdoors while working !

big companies leeching off open source and getting their products leaked after a single phishing mail never stops being entertaining