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BusKill

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Design and maintain open-source app and hardware for USB laptop kill cords, designed to protect journalists and activists in opressive regimes

About


BusKill is an open-source software and hardware kill-cord (dead man switch).


For more information, see our project website

Our team

Michael Altfield

Admin
BusKill Founder

Melanie Allen

Core Contributor
Thanks for helping me develop the OSH cord! Vie...

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Help BusKill get to DEF CON 32

Top financial contributors

Organizations

1
LambdaTest

$300 USD since Apr 2023

Individuals

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Neil Brown

$20 USD since Jan 2022

BusKill is all of us

Our contributors 4

Thank you for supporting BusKill.

Michael Altfield

Admin
BusKill Founder

Melanie Allen

Core Contributor
Thanks for helping me develop the OSH cord! Vie...

LambdaTest

$300 USD

Neil Brown

$20 USD

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News from BusKill

Updates on our activities and progress.

BusKill goes to DEF CON 32

Friends, We're happy to announce that BusKill is presenting at DEF CON 32....
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Published on July 16, 2024 by Michael Altfield

Warrant Canary #8

We wanted to let you know that the BusKill project published our warrant canary for the secon...
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Published on June 12, 2024 by Michael Altfield

3D-Printable BusKill Prototype Demo

Friends, Today we're ecstatic to publish our first demo showing a homemade BusKill Cable (in the prototype 3D-printed case) triggering...
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Published on May 7, 2024 by Michael Altfield

Budget


Transparent and open finances.

16 magnets and 16 pogo pins (materials for 2-4 prototypes)

Category
Marketing, Design, & PR
from Melanie Allen to BusKill
-$21.60 USD
Paid
Reimbursement #179837

Materials for 3 prototypes

from Melanie Allen to BusKill
-$19.06 USD
Paid
Reimbursement #161109
hardware
Invoice #147623
hardware
3d-print
$
Today’s balance

$174.79 USD

Total raised

$277.51 USD

Total disbursed

$102.72 USD

Estimated annual budget

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