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Re:BusKill: A kill cord for your laptop by arm on Thursday January 02, 2020 @09:42AM (#21935669)
It can do whatever you want it to do. The examples in the article were:

• whenever any USB drive is removed, trigger xscreensaver to lock the screen:

> ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", RUN+="DISPLAY=:0 xscreensaver-command -lock"

• whenever a specific USB drive is removed, shut down the computer:

> ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{ID_MODEL}=="Micromax_A74", RUN+="shutdown -h now"

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Re:BusKill: A kill cord for your laptop by oefrha on Thursday January 02, 2020 @10:09AM (#21935913)
Nitpick, it can do whatever you want it to do that’s possible in software. You’ll be disappointed if you want to have it drill a hole in your hard drive ;)
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Re:BusKill: A kill cord for your laptop by somebodythere on Thursday January 02, 2020 @04:43PM (#21940201)
Just build a USB-powered hard-drive drill, duh.
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