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Techlore Interview (BusKill, Interdiction, and OpSec)

We’re super happy to share that Techlore invited BusKill founder Michael Altfield onto their YouTube channel to talk about BusKill, security, and privacy

In addition to answering questions about the origin of BusKill, the interview ran a gamut of issues regarding security and privacy — including

  1. How to mitigate State-sponsored interdiction attacks,
  2. minimizing attack surfaces of mobile phones with broadband processors,
  3. the threats of AI “identity verification” systems on privacy,
  4. and much more

You can watch the full video below

Can’t see video above? Watch it on PeerTube at tehlore.tv or on YouTube at youtu.be/cptk6aBbJpU

To see the full discussion about this video on PeerTube, see:

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.


If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys — thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

Techlore Review

If you’d like to see Techlore’s review video of BusKill, you can find that here:

BusKill Techlore Review

Support BusKill

If you want to help our open-source project, please consider purchasing a BusKill cable for yourself or a loved one. It helps us fund further development, and you get your own BusKill cable to keep you or your loved ones safe.

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins from our BusKill Store’s .onion site

Bitcoin Accepted Here

Monero Accepted Here

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QubesOS Bounty (Contrib Package)

We’re happy to announce that we have funding available to package BusKill in QubesOS as a contrib package.

Bounty Now Available for BusKill contrib package in QubesOS

Thanks to a generous donation from NovaCustom, we’re offering a bounty to anyone (including you!) who packages BusKill as an official contrib package for QubesOS.

About 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.


If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys — thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

About NovaCustom

In Mar 2015, Wessel klein Snakenborg (founder of NovaCustom) started selling highly-customizable Linux laptops from Europe.

In Aug 2021, NovaCustom released their first laptop (NV40) with coreboot pre-installed with Dasharo.

Since 2023, NovaCustom has been a leader in hardware security:

And now, in Apr 2026, NovaCustom is further working to increase the accessibility of BusKill to QubesOS users, by sponsoring the submission of an official QubesOS contrib package.

Funding Available

If you’d like to claim this bounty for yourself, please

  1. Read the details of the bounty, and then
  2. Submit a proposal by commenting on this GitHub issue

Moreover, if you’re a QubesOS user and you’d like to donate additional funds in support of this bounty, you can do so here.

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BusKill available in-store (The Netherlands NovaCustom)

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🇫🇷 Version française de cet article
🇩🇪 Deutsche Version dieses Artikels

We’re happy to announce that BusKill cables can now be purchased in-person in Haaksbergen, Netherlands.

[BusKill] Our Dead Man Switch Magnetic USB Breakaway cables are Now Available in-person in The Netherlands at NovaCustom

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

NovaCustom B.V.
Harmoleweg 4
7482 PL Haaksbergen
Netherlands
(only by appointment)

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