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		lstamour on May 17, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “A Windows 7 deployment image was accidently sent ... But then that leads to people automatically clicking "Yes" to the "Are you sure..." dialog. Though even I would pause at "Are you sure you want to reformat 12,500 machines including this one?" ;-)

rectangletangle on May 17, 2014 [–]

Having people type in some sort of auto-generated confirmation key might give them pause, seeing as the technique is seldom used.

kalleboo on May 17, 2014 | [–]

Or in my original example, have them enter in the # of computers it's going to apply to.

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