We just published our #WarrantCanary for 2025-2026 🕵️

🔗 https://buskill.in/canary-010/

Warrant Canaries are a means for us to (not) inform you of (not being) breached if served with a State-issued, secret subpoena (gag order) #infosec

BusKill Tutorial: Self Destructing Laptop Storage

#buskill #encryption #crypto #storage #forensics #antiforensics #HDD #infosec #cybersecurity #datarecovery #luks #encrypted #harddrive #privacy #security #educational

Watch On #Peertube:

https://tube.tchncs.de/w/q8X2JyxYH26tqYi2VisTHb

@techlore @novacustom

See also this thread on the techlore forums about this video:

🔗 https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/finally-true-privacy-in-a-laptop-novacustom-review/

@_chris_real @techlore

Depends on the country, but definitely a good point for many, many people.

@futo_tech Thanks so much! This will go a long way to funding our 3D-printed Dead Man Switch <3

By the way, is FUTO on Mastodon?

Announcing our February Microgrants - Tauri, Earthstar, Katzenpost, and Buskill

https://peertube.futo.org/videos/watch/97f04015-b9b3-499d-9278-8829f762ced1

@helioloureiro @Shadowstreik @lilianedwards @notjustbikes @fossjobs @elonjet @stux @dirkvandenpoel @inkscape @ealves @RichiH @joonloons @Rooter @rbanffy @GeorgePeretzKC @AsahiLinux @niccolove @fight @fbobraga @Blender

Wow, honored to see our open-source hardware project next to other amazing orgs like @Blender, @inkscape, and @fight <3

Checkout @techlore's #review of #BusKill 🎬✨

👉 https://www.buskill.in/techlore-review/

Add a BusKill USB Dead Man Switch to your laptop bag to protect your #data from thieves 🔒

#opsec #infosec #security #privacy #video

Wow! Huge thank you to FUTO for their very generous $1,031 donation to the BusKill project 💚

https://opencollective.com/buskill

Thank you for your trust! This will go a long way to #3dprinting improvements to our #opensource #infosec #hardware Dead Man Switch <3

Techlore just posted about BusKill! He mentioned my 3d print project! I could not be more stoked right now

I hope we gain collaborators. I will try to post an update soon

https://youtu.be/Zns0xObbOPM?si=VcobKShUGg2CLSHJ

BusKill in action! 🔒 Watch how the display locks when the computer moves away from the table. Review coming soon!

We just published our #WarrantCanary for 2025 H1 🕵️

https://buskill.in/canary-009/

Warrant Canaries are a means for us to (not) inform you of (not being) breached if served with a State-issued, secret subpoena (gag order) #infosec

@repost @techlore If power were cut and you didn't have a battery, then your (encrypted) data will be encrypted at-rest, of course. But BusKill would not trigger.

It took ~6 seconds for the BusKill self-destruct trigger to wipe the FDE private keys (and shutdown) during our forensic test.

https://www.buskill.in/luks-self-destruct/

If power cut vectors are a risk for you, we recommend having a battery (eg a laptop) with at least 1 minute of capacity.

@s74rdus7 @techlore It's a USB cable *with* a magnetic breakaway in the middle.

So stepping away while attached shouldn't drag your computer off the table, but it will lock your screen (by default).

This is a common question, and I hope that @techlore's video will make this clear :)

@Nuldorv @techlore

> Or maybe that would take too much time and defeats the purpose of the cable in the first place.

I think the best way to do this would be to upload encrypted archive of documents before, and then just quickly upload a decryption key at the time of the trigger.

You might want to look into https://killcord.io/

@Nuldorv @techlore Currently custom scripts are only available for Linux users.

👉 https://www.buskill.in/luks-self-destruct/

This is how the self-destruct trigger is implemented

@Nuldorv @techlore

To protect at-risk folks like journalists working in oppressive countries

The cable is connected to your body via a carabiner clipped to your belt. The other end plugs into the computer. There's a magnetic breakaway in the middle. If the connection is severed, the app triggers.

Video explanation: https://docs.buskill.in/buskill-app/en/stable/introduction/what.html

Encryption is a prerequisite to BusKill being useful, yes. But encryption won't help if someone steals your laptop while you're working on encrypted data.

@joeturner@mas.to @techlore

By default, BusKill does nothing when the cable disconnects. To make it lock (or shutdown) on disconnect, you have to first "arm" the cable by pressing a giant "arm" button in the app

https://docs.buskill.in/buskill-app/en/stable/software_usr/gui.html

If you want to disable it, just press the button again to "disarm" it

@joeturner@mas.to @techlore

It works on Linux, Windows, and MacOS

Our 3 releases are self-contained apps (bundled with all dependencies)

We don't sell a USB-C version, but you can build one yourself or just use an adapter

Journalists, activists, whistleblowers, human rights workers, crypto-traders, travelers working in cafes/coworking spaces, etc

$99 for the kit. $59 for the cable. Or you can make one yourself

https://docs.buskill.in/

Meet BusKill, a Dead Man Switch that can shut down (or even wipe!) your computer if removed from your body. I'm currently reviewing the product and would love to answer any questions you leave below for the review.