- Linux
- By Bogdan Popa
- July 29th, 2020
While Apple Downplays Physical Kill Switches, Linux Laptops Get More of Them
Purism announces microphone kill switch for Librem 14
- iPhone
- By Marius Nestor
- December 5th, 2019
Apple Says It Will Add an iOS Kill Switch for Location Services on iPhone 11
The option will be implemented in a future iOS version
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 15th, 2017
New WannaCry Variant Kill Switch Pushed, Stops 10K Devices Spread Infection
New variants are popping up, but this one had a kill switch
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 14th, 2017
WannaCry Ransomware Variant with No Kill Switch Discovered
Security researchers have discovered several variants
- Mobile World
- By Cosmin Vasile
- February 11th, 2015
Smartphone Theft Drops Dramatically As “Kill Switch” Feature Gets Implemented
London’s smartphone theft has declined by 50%
- Mobile World
- By Alexandra Arici
- January 9th, 2015
Qualcomm Adds a Kill Switch in Snapdragon 810 Chip, It’s Called SafeSwitch
The system should prevent personal data theft
- Rumours about mobile phones
- By Ionut Arghire
- June 27th, 2014
LG G3 Won’t Sport McAfee’s Kill-Switch at Major US Carriers
Users in Canada will enjoy the security application
- Internet Life
- By Lucian Constantin
- February 21st, 2011
Libyan Internet Downtime Raises Bit.ly Availability Fears
- CPU
- By Sorin Nita
- December 20th, 2010
Intel's Upcoming Sandy Bridge Processors to Feature a Remote 'Kill Switch'
- Mobile World
- By Ionut Arghire
- September 30th, 2009
Palm Debuts App Catalog Kill Switch in webOS 1.2.0
Lines up with other vendors
- Mobile World
- By Ionut Arghire
- September 19th, 2009
Microsoft Will Kill Harmful Apps on Windows Phones
Through its Windows Marketplace for Mobile