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Firefox 148 introduces the promised AI kill switch for people who aren't into LLMs
(www.xda-developers.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2026
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"Kill switch" – oh the drama. Let's call every simple toggle 'kill switch' from now on.
i have a violently execute switch in my room (it toggles the lamp on or off)
What's worse....you could always toggle it. In fact, you could re-route it to your own local LLM.
Drama drama cheesecake drama
For it to be a kill switch it would have to actually terminate a rogue AI.