kill switch

See also: killswitch

English

Alternative forms

• killswitch

Noun

kill switch (plural kill switches)

1. A security measure used to switch off a device in an emergency.
   • 2022 July 11, Paris Marx, “The Uber Leak Exposes the Global War on Workers”, in Tribune‎^[1]:

     The company developed a ‘kill switch’ that would remotely encrypt its computers and devices if an office was raided by authorities.

See also

• big red button
• dead man's switch