BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops

Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops by maltfield on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @11:05AM (#29567874)

BusKill does not ship with destructive triggers. The current app is limited to locking your screen. Future releases will include soft/hard shutdown.

We do have a "LUKS Header Shredder" trigger (which we call self-destruct as it renders all the data on the FDE disk useless), but we (intentionally) don't include it by default and raise the barrier of entry because of the risk of data loss.

We'll be publishing a more detailed write-up on the LUKS Header Shredder in 2 weeks. You can subscribe for updates on our website (buskill.in) or the campaign directly (crowdsupply.com)

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Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops by matheusmoreira on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @01:45PM (#29570018)

Does it support destroying keys in hardware tokens? Would be nice if plugging my yubikey into a specific USB port automatically destroyed all keys inside it.

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Re:BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops by justinjlynn on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @05:28PM (#29572407)

You really want such devices - i.e. Devices with duress modes - to act normally, as much as possible when in those modes. If they clearly destroy themselves immediately you often place yourself in much greater danger. If anything log them into a sandbox or honeypot that is, as much as possible, indistinguishable from your normal environment but is less damaging for you for them to access.

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