duress password
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A secondary password that will provide an alternative to standard unlocking of a computer, such as wiping the hard drive or alerting other users, in the event of the password being extorted from its holder.
Example Sentences
- "Another safety feature is the use of duress passwords. When a user is under duress, such as when held at gunpoint and told to use a computer system, a duress password instead of a regular password can be entered."
- "Because a duress password may be employed when an individual user's safety is endangered (such as when an industrial spy has a gun to a user's head), it is advisable to have system access provided. The duress password is a convenient way for the user to tip-off the system operators on duty or other people that something serious is happening."
- "A primary weapon in such cases is the duress password. This is a special password, which, when typed or otherwise supplied, indicates to the recipient that it is being entered under duress and that assistance should be silently summoned."
- "The duress password is always the user’s password with the first character moved to the end."
- "It may happen that someone is forced to enter his ATM password because a criminal is pressing a gun to his head. In this case the victim could enter a duress password which informs the police unnoticed, while providing the cash. A duress password could be a reversed pin code or any other duress mechanism such as an additional # sign."
- "Tunick gave them his duress password, and Federal agents unknowingly wiped his phone."