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BusKill v0.7.0 released

Bitcoin Black Friday (10% discount on BusKill)

3D-Printable BusKill Prototype Demo

LUKS Header Shredder (BusKill Self-Destruct Trigger)

BusKill goes to DEF CON 32

BusKill available in-store (Leipzig ProxySto.re)

BusKill available in-store (The Netherlands NovaCustom)

Disarm BusKill in QubesOS

BusKill Demos (Windows, MacOS, Linux, TAILS, QubesOS)

BusKill im Ladengeschäft erhältlich (Leipzig ProxySto.re)

September 4, 2023October 11, 2024BusKill Team

🇬🇧 English version of this article.

Wir freuen uns bekannt zu geben, dass BusKill-Kabel zum ersten Mal persönlich in einem Ladengeschäft in Deutschland (Leipzig) gekauft werden kann.

BusKill available in-store (Leipzig ProxySto.re)

September 4, 2023October 11, 2024BusKill Team

🇩🇪 Deutsche Version dieses Artikels

We’re happy to announce that, for the first time ever, BusKill cables can be purchased in-person in Leipzig, Germany.

The BusKill project has partnered with ProxyStore to make BusKill laptop kill cords finally available from a brick-and-mortar location. You can now go to the following location and purchase a BusKill cable with cash or cryptocurrency.

Wolfgang-Heinze-Str. 14
04277 Leipzig
Germany

BusKill v0.7.0 released

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023BusKill Team

We’re happy to announce the release of BusKill v0.7.0

Most importantly, this release allows you to arm the BusKill GUI app such that it shuts-down your computer when the BusKill cable’s connection to the computer is severed.

BusKill Canary #6

June 8, 2023January 21, 2024BusKill Team

This post contains a canary message that’s cryptographically signed by the official BusKill PGP release key

For more information about BusKill canaries, see:

https://buskill.in/canary

BusKill Canary #5

January 3, 2023June 8, 2023BusKill Team

This post contains a canary message that’s cryptographically signed by the official BusKill PGP release key

For more information about BusKill canaries, see:

https://buskill.in/canary

Bitcoin Black Friday (10% discount on BusKill)

November 18, 2022January 5, 2024BusKill Team

In celebration of Bitcoin Black Friday 2022, we’re offering a 10% discount on all BusKill cables sold between Nov 19 to Dec 04.

BusKill v0.6.0 released

October 26, 2022July 14, 2023BusKill Team

We’re happy to announce the release of BusKill v0.6.0

Most importantly, this release allows you to arm the BusKill app such that it shuts-down your computer when the BusKill cable’s connection to the computer is severed.

Upgrading

You can upgrade your BusKill app to the latest version either by

Clicking “Update” in the app or
Downloading it from GitHub

BusKill Now Shipping!

October 7, 2022October 9, 2022BusKill Team

We’re excited to announce that our first production run of BusKill cables is now in-stock in our distribution center. Existing orders are going out now, and new orders will ship immediately.

The first BusKill prototype was born in 2017. It gained international popularity in 2020 when Michael Altfield described how to build your own BusKill cable. After extensive effort and with the help of several contributors, a Linux hacker’s DIY cable got a user-friendly, cross-platform GUI.

Screenshot shows the BusKill App open with the text "BusKill is currently disarmed."

Photo of the original BusKill cable from 2017

When the only USB-A magnetic breakaway coupler on the market became out of stock and EOL’d, we raised $18,507 on CrowdSupply in early 2022 to manufacture our own injection-molded cable. One thousand logistics challenges later, Mouser started shipping BusKill cables to our backers in October 2022.

Photo of the contents of the Box for the BusKill Kit

Now that the hardware is out the door, we’re hard at work on new features for the BusKill app. Our top goal is to add a soft-shutdown trigger to the existing lock-screen trigger. At the time of writing, this is functional on Linux and Windows. We’re just working out the kinks of privilege escalation on MacOS.

To be notified when we’ve added the soft-shutdown trigger to the BusKill app, you can signup for our newsletter.

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We did our best to test BusKill across the three target platforms, but the wide spread of OS versions does leave room for error. If you happen to find a bug with BusKill, please let us know.

If you don’t have a BusKill cable yet, you can buy one here on this website or build your own. And for the makers out there, checkout the progress on our 3D printable BusKill magnetic breakaway coupler 🙂

https://buskill.in/buy

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins directly from our BusKill Store