Launch code for US nukes was 00000000 for 20 years (2013)(arstechnica.com)
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Launch code for US nukes was 00000000 for 20 years (2013)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/launch-code-for-us-nukes-was-00000000-for-20-years/
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The article doesn't cover that having a code was required for extra security, but as protest against this requirement the implementation set it to all 0's.
Yeah it's eight 0 but nobody knows in what order they are. That's the top secret part.
The doomsday clock was right... the world ends at 00:00...
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