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  2. Internet kill switch - Wikipedia

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    An Internet kill switch is a countermeasure concept of activating a single shut off mechanism for all Internet traffic.. The concept behind having a kill switch is based on creating a single point of control (i.e. a switch) for a single authority to control or shut down the Internet in order to protect it or its users.

  3. Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act - Wikipedia

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    If signed into law, this controversial bill, which the American media dubbed the kill switch bill, would have granted the President emergency powers over the Internet. Other parts of the bill focused on the establishment of an Office of Cyberspace Policy and on its missions, as well as on the coordination of cyberspace policy at the federal level.

  4. Kill switch - Wikipedia

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    An emergency switch in Japan. On railways, [1] an emergency stop is a full application of the brakes in order to bring a train to a stop as quickly as possible. [2] This occurs either by a manual emergency stop activation, such as a button being pushed on the train to start the emergency stop, or on some trains automatically, when the train has passed a red signal or the driver has failed to ...

  5. Smartphone kill switch - Wikipedia

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    A smartphone kill switch is a software-based [1] security feature that allows a smartphone's owner to remotely render it inoperable if it is lost or stolen, thereby deterring theft. There have been a number of initiatives to legally require kill switches on smartphones.

  6. USBKill - Wikipedia

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    It is designed to serve as a kill switch if the computer on which it is installed should fall under the control of individuals or entities against the desires of the owner. [1] It is free software, available under the GNU General Public License. [2]

  7. Scram - Wikipedia

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    Norman Hilberry (left) and Leó Szilárd at Stagg Field, site of the first self-sustaining nuclear chain-reaction. There is no definitive origin for the term. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission historian Tom Wellock notes that scram is English-language slang for leaving quickly and urgently, and he cites this as the original and most likely accurate basis for the use of scram in the ...

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  9. WannaCry ransomware attack - Wikipedia

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    The kill switch prevented already infected computers from being encrypted or further spreading WannaCry. [5] The attack was estimated to have affected more than 300,000 computers [ 6 ] across 150 countries, [ 6 ] with total damages ranging from hundreds of millions to billions of dollars .