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The kill-switch is something we’ve been reading about a lot recently, and it basically entails the ability to take away every functionality of a certain device remotely. A kill-switch has mostly been discussed in connection to automobiles and drivers, many arguing that if cars had kill-switches, accidents and thefts could be more easily avoided. For example, if your car is ...

Researchers are developing a kill switch for smartphones that would allow the device to detect whether a phone has been stolen in only a few minutes. Using advanced software the smartphone is able to log the behavior of the user to build up a portrait that is then uses to recognize you. If it detects that you are not the ...