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| - During the reassembly of Lore in 2364, Data confided with Doctor Beverly Crusher on the location and use of the deactivation switch. (TNG: "Datalore" ) In 2365, Ira Graves tried to work out where Noonian Soong would have positioned the switch when told by Data of its existence. (TNG: "The Schizoid Man" ) Commander William T. Riker used the switch in a demonstration to prove that Data was only a machine and nothing more. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man" ) In 2368, Crusher, under the influence of the Ktarian game, used the deactivation switch to incapacitate Data because she knew that Data would be immune to the effects of the game. (TNG: "The Game" ) During the events of Star Trek: The Next Generation - Perchance to Dream, it was revealed that all security staff on the Enterprise-D were aware of the location of Data's off switch in the event of an emergency, and knew that a level one phaser beam on the switch would be enough to trigger it. In the alternate future witnessed in Imzadi, Data has had the switch disabled, saying that "it became a nuisance". His off switch is also used to de-activate him after he becomes overwhelmed by a Tamarian language program in the The Sky's the Limit short story "Friends With The Sparrows".
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