• janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      Lmao that’s what I was thinking too. The real husband is far less likely to think of needing a codeword than the imposter is, and the imposter’s best bet is to draw the family attention to the possibility first and alienate the original.

  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I mean, a fire escape plan? “Go outside, away from the fire.” I feel like any kid capable of remembering a code word could figure that one out on their own.

    Now, the threat of doppelgangers? That’s something a family isn’t going to be ready for. Because they’re too busy wasting time with fire escape plans. This is smart.

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    When I was in a very young grade at school, an announcement came over the speakers. It was something intentionally meaningless, like “just a reminder that so and so will be presenting tomorrow”.

    My teacher jumped up and closed the window shutters. We were all counted and escorted to the gymnasium. Turns out that message was a coded code silver kind of thing and there were people with guns on the school grounds.

    Nobody was harmed; not students nor teachers, nor gun-people, nor police. There were contingency plans in place and practiced and they worked marvellously. I look back and find it kind of neat.

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      Got it, so split into 2 groups, one conspicuously walk around with a hand gun, the others hide in the gym with the assault rifles.

      /s

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    16 hours ago

    That is exactly what a doppelganger would propose, you already lost.

    Now your real husband will never be able to reach to you again.

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    Having code words is good opsec. We had one as kids decades ago in case a stranger tried to pick us up.

    “Your mommy is in the hospital and she sent me to get you.”

    “What’s the code word?” No code word, find someone in a uniform or with a name tag.

    This is kinda like the whole “What would you do to prepare for a zombie apocalypse?” The answer is the same for a lot of emergency and disaster prep but more fun.

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      18 hours ago

      It’s more prevalent in Latin America right now, but with the ease of being able to clone the voice of someone that posts on social media, virtual kidnappings are a thing that aren’t going away. So the codeword is actually very relevant today.

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        12 hours ago

        This wouldn’t work with me.

        “Would you help me change the alternator on my Moskvitch?” “Why the fuck and when the fuck did you buy a Moskvitch?”

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    20 hours ago

    What if that “husband” was already an impersonation of the real husband, so next time they meet both of them they can claim they are the real husband and tell the code word as proof?

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      19 hours ago

      Like the Mr MeeSeeks situation. We’ll need to do quantum investigations of their atoms. Verify they are on the same frequency.

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    19 hours ago

    the code may also be useful in more realistic current near dystopia scenarios of receiving a phone call that appears to be from family member. AI/Live voice impersonation is current tech.

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    The correct response is for the daughter and wife to agree on a second code word when the husband is being a pain, and insist that he’s not real.

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    Sounds like something a clone would do immediately after assuming the life of the original, in case the original ever escapes and tries to reclaim their life.