What is a kill switch? A kill switch in an IT context is a mechanism used to shut down or disable a device or program.
The purpose of a kill switch is usually to prevent theft of a machine or data or shut down machinery in an emergency. The degree to which a kill switch limits, alters or stops an action or activity depends on the production, process or program it is intended to protect.
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Aren't we forgetting personnel?
Also starts with a 'p', so shouldn't interfere with your 'style'.
What's your point? Is there some sort of dispute? Comparing it to a 'dead man switch'?
RL
Why not for "mainframes, servers, routers, desktops, laptops and phones?
Where I worked the shunt trip took care of that.
Sometimes inadvertently.
And then there's this:
[NYC's Tabloid of Record]Oops! FDNY contractor presses wrong button, shuts down NYC's emergency dispatch system ==== rest:
I guess we'll never know if that ever happened in the military or in the intel or police forces.
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