Currently, BusKill only works on Linux laptops.
Just recently, a software engineer by the name of Michael Altfield designed a new modified USB cable purposed to protect your laptop’s data in a unique way.
Dubbed “BusKill;” the main problem that it guards against is a so-called “snatch and run” situation in which someone could steal your laptop after you have logged into in a public space allowing the thief to access your confidential data.
The BusKill cable (Image credit: Michael Atfield)
How it does this is by basically connecting the cable to your Linux based laptop from one end and your own belt from the other. If someone snatches the laptop from you, the cable will naturally be disconnected in response to which a udev script is triggered that can perform any operation you’ve configured it to in such a situation.
This can be something like logging out your account leaving the attacker without any access unless he manages to bypass Linux’s authentication system or even something more serious such as wiping out your entire system. While the latter may seem an extreme measure, it would be useful for a certain subset of users such as those that work for government agencies and may have access to “top-secret” information.
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This is explained further by the creator stating that,
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