Killswitch: Per-function short-circuit mitigation primitive

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frumiousirc|9 minutes ago

If I'm a malicious actor that gets root, can I killswitch the killswitch?

htmlenjoyye|1 minute ago

you're on the other side of the secure door already

killswitch is to prevent you from gaining root

PeterWhittaker|about 1 hour ago

Clever! I know some will say it's like closing the barn door after the horse left, but having this in place to mitigate future vulnerabilities will be handy.

cyanydeez|25 minutes ago

ok, but what kind of nefarious use case will it enable if it is accessible to malfeasance.

ObscureScience|8 minutes ago

I guess it could disable the killswitch