cross-posted from: https://dubvee.org/post/7748

Alt text: Admiral Picard initiating the self-destruct sequence of the Stargazer by the vocal command, “Authorization: Picard, zero-zero-zero-destruct-zero”

  • Greezy@startrek.website
    2·
    2 years ago

    “This is the LockPickingLawyer, and what I have for you today is a standard-issue Starfleet self-destruct mechanism from Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems…”

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOP
      1·
      2 years ago

      The Borg Queen was probably like, “Fine, if you won’t tell me the access codes, I’ll just brute force them! 0000…wait, what?”

    • Freeman@lemmy.pub
      1·
      2 years ago

      Security in the trek universe was always trash.

      Just random entities floating in and a abducting folks for decades.

  • Takel@pawb.social
    1·
    2 years ago

    I always figured the real authentication was tied into the comm badges, and the authorization codes were just a fancy “are you sure”

    • lemillionsocks@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 years ago

      voice recognition biosensor data, whatever psychic thing that lets computer know when youre addressing it and not just saying the word computer.