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@BusKillin@mastodon.social

mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06

The official mastodon account for the BusKill USB laptop kill cord.

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Joined February 12, 2020

Website:

https://buskill.in

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BusKill @BusKillin@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

>$2,000 #bounty now available for creating a BusKill package on @QubesOS@mastodon.social 💰🚀

👉 https://www.buskill.in/qubes-package-bounty/

Thanks to @novacustom@mastodon.online for sponsoring better support for our FOSS #DeadManSwitch on #Qubes ❤️

BusKill

QubesOS Bounty (Contrib Package) - BusKill

Earn $$ for contributing to BusKill! We have funding available for someone who creates a QubesOS contrib package.

BusKill @BusKillin@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

Our #FOSS #DeadManSwitch can now be installed in #apt 🚀

🔗 https://www.buskill.in/apt-debian-install

Guide to install BusKill on #Debian, #Linux #Mint, #Ubuntu, #Kali, and #TAILS 👆

BusKill

Install BusKill with apt (Debian, Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Kali, TAILS) - BusKill

How to install BusKill (open-source laptop kill cord) software using apt in Debian, Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Kali, and TAILS.

BusKill @BusKillin@mastodon.social

· 7mo ago

#Video Demo of BusKill (#opensource #DeadManSwitch) on #Windows, #macOS, #Ubuntu, and #Kali #Linux 🍿💥

🔗 https://www.buskill.in/demo-2024/

Want to actually see our laptop kill-cord in-action (triggering a lockscreen or system shutdown when unplugged?). We’re very happy to share samxplogs’ Cross-Platform Video Demos of BusKill 🔥🔒

#opsec #infosec #security #privacy #hardware

BusKill

BusKill Demos (Windows, macOS, Linux) - BusKill

Video demos show how to use BusKill (laptop dead man swtich) on Windows, macOS, and Linux

BusKill @BusKillin@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

Checkout our interview with @techlore@social.lol 🎥💡 🔗 https://www.buskill.in/techlore-interview-2025/ @hen@social.lol and @BusKillin@mastodon.social founder @MichaelAltfield@mastodon.social talk about Dead Man Switches, State-sponsored interdiction attacks, mobile #security, threats of AI "identity verification" systems, and #privacy in-general 🔒

BusKill

Techlore Interview (BusKill, Interdiction, and OpSec) - BusKill

Michael Altfield's Interview with Techlore's Henry Fisher about the BusKill Dead Man Switch, Operations Security, and Privacy

BusKill @BusKillin@mastodon.social

· 8mo ago

Checkout our progress on our #opensource laptop #DeadManSwitch 🔥🔒

🔗 https://www.buskill.in/2025-annual-report/

Happy new year! 🥳 Here's a recap of the work we did last year at BusKill 👆

#opsec #infosec #security #privacy #hardware

BusKill

2025 Annual Report - BusKill

This BusKill 2025 Annual Report will discuss the state of the BusKill project at the end of 2025 and the progress we made throughout the year 2025. What is BusKill? BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It’s a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer. https://www.buskill.in/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/12/altshift_graphize_buskill_20211210_withCoverAndSubs_1024.webm […]

BusKill @BusKillin@mastodon.social

· 15mo ago

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

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BusKill Canary #10 - BusKill

This post contains the cryptographically-signed BusKill warrant canary #010 for June 2025 to July 2026.

BusKill @BusKillin@mastodon.social

· 11mo ago

BusKill was awarded a $1,031 microgrant from @futo 🚀

👉 https://www.buskill.in/futo-microgrant-2025/

We have funding available for volunteers who want to contribute to document the #3dprinting of our #OpenSource #DeadManSwitch 💰🖨️

#infosec #hardware

FUTO PeerTube Instance

FUTO

PeerTube, an ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform using P2P directly in your web browser.

BusKill @BusKillin@mastodon.social

· 13mo ago

Context

https://husseini.substack.com/p/why-are-you-not-in-the-hague

Source: https://x.com/MonericaProject/status/1880090317850046841

X (formerly Twitter)

Monerica (@MonericaProject) on X

@Xx17965797N Should have used https://t.co/Q6zyqXod8x

BusKill @BusKillin@mastodon.social

· 12mo ago

Very happy to hear @novacustom@mastodon.online founder Wessel Klein Snakenborg say that BusKill is one of their favorite security tools in 2025 :D

https://techlore.tv/w/hAQNnw9eQndZRJe438DqRF?start=51m59s

At 51m59s

From Coreboot to Qubes: Secure Hardware Deep Dive with NovaCustom

Techlore.TV

From Coreboot to Qubes: Secure Hardware Deep Dive with NovaCustom

Wessel Klein Snakenborg, founder of NovaCustom, joins me to discuss building privacy-focused laptops with CoreBoot firmware, Intel Management Engine disabling, and full Linux compatibility. We dive...