> So this was why the FBI Director Kash Patel was in a panic when he couldn't log in one day

Ever tried to login with two factor and justify a maxed out company card while high as a kite and drunk?

It’s stressful.

Professionally, he spells his name thusly: FBI Director Ka$h Patel, so you know he’s serious.

no, becaus the simple and pragmatic solution for ANYONE who is subject to arbitrary termination, is to litter everything they build with caltrops and dead man triggers and then hint that they will go into "consulting" when fired.

I know of one case where this was totaly unintentional, and a machinest at a local pulp and paper plant had self delegated to write the software that controlled tension on the giant machines in the mill, but as it was his only real forey into sofware, nobody else could operate it, and they fired him after a manegment reshuffle, and then after the next scheduled shut down, nothing worked right, greasy dusty ancient screen with a blinking cursor was what they had, plugged into the important bits of a half sqare mile plant. still funny to think about!