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makingStuffForFun , to technology in BusKill (Open-Source Hardware Dead Man Switch) Announces Bitcoin Black Friday Deal
@makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml avatar

Is there a way to block these ads? Non stop stream of this bulk spam in my feed. Feels so scammy.

TootSweet , to technology in BusKill (Open-Source Hardware Dead Man Switch) Announces Bitcoin Black Friday Deal

Fuck off, scammer.

maltfield OP ,

How exactly did you come to the conclusion that this is a scam? We’re a fully open-source hardware & software project that’s been around for a few years. If you don’t want to buy from us, we go out of our way to help users build their own 3D-printed BusKill cables (currently in prototype stage).

Our software is free as in speech and free as in beer under the CC BY-SA and GNU GPL licenses.

TootSweet ,

Blockchain ∴ scam

Also, kindly quit sullying Open Source by associating it with blockchain bullshit.

maltfield OP , (edited )

You associate everything that can be bought with cryptocurrency as a scam? It sounds like you haven’t even read the post. I spent a lot of time making it easily accessible here on Lemmy. You don’t even have to click the link. Just scroll-up and read :)

TootSweet ,

You associate everything with every cryptocurrency as a scam?

Yup.

It sounds like you haven’t even read the post.

That’s right.

Just scroll-up and read

No.

Franzia , to technology in BusKill (Open-Source Hardware Dead Man Switch) Announces Bitcoin Black Friday Deal

Other comments are saying this is an ad, which… Is true, but this was informative too and now I know about a product I’ve never even considered before.

flambonkscious ,

So, more of an infomercial, then?

umami_wasbi , to technology in BusKill (Open-Source Hardware Dead Man Switch) Announces Bitcoin Black Friday Deal

I like the product but not the ad.

mojo , to technology in BusKill (Open-Source Hardware Dead Man Switch) Announces Bitcoin Black Friday Deal

Ad spam and I don’t know any use case for this outside of criminal activity

maltfield OP ,

Hi, this is not spam but a useful PSA that’s full of information, not just about the sale.

BusKill is useful for many groups, including human rights defenders, activists, journalists, whistleblowers, etc. You can read more about the use-cases of our community at our documentation here:

Albinjose7345 , to technology in BusKill (Open-Source Hardware Dead Man Switch) Announces Bitcoin Black Friday Deal
@Albinjose7345@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Is it an ad or looks like an ad ? 😨

SheeEttin ,

Is. OP is the one selling them.

10% off is barely any discount anyway.

maltfield OP , (edited )

Yes, it’s clearly disclosed in my profile that I am the founder of the BusKill project.

This is a PSA that our sale has started. I’ve had inquiries from members of our community asking about Black Friday sales.

10% off is barely any discount anyway.

Sorry, we’re a very small open-source shop. I’ve paid myself nothing so-far. The price just barely breaks-even for the business.

All of this is explained in-detail in “The Finances” section here.

Prices would drop dramatically if we could do production runs (and actually sell) >10,000 units at a time. Currently we only sell a few cables per month. If you want to help, please tell all your security-conscious friends about BusKill :)

padjakkels ,
@padjakkels@lemmy.world avatar

Its a bloody ad. Report it

AnnaFrankfurter , to technology in [QubesOS] Disarm BusKill Dead Man Switch with Keyboard Shortcut (Guide)

Since it is based on udev can we use some other ordinary USB device and hook it us so it can quickly be disconnected in such situation

maltfield OP ,

Yes, BusKill works with any USB drive.

In fact, the BusKill cable is just a USB Drive. The only thing “fancy” that it has is a magnetic coupler in the middle of the 1-meter cable so that it will breakaway at any angle. But, if you’d like, you can build your own. The instructions are here:

Bombastic , to technology in [QubesOS] Disarm Shortcut for BusKill Hardware Dead Man Switch

Gonna start using this so the feds can never steal my rare pepes

nlm , to linux in BusKill (Linux Dead Man Switch) v0.7.0 released 💾
@nlm@beehaw.org avatar

I have to say, that is extremely cool!

I doubt I’d use it myself but I can definitely see the need for something like this.

Jerusalemspiderman , to technology in BusKill (USB Dead Man Switch) v0.7.0 released 💾
@Jerusalemspiderman@lemdro.id avatar

Dude. Your finger must have spasmed like crazy, because this posted a dozen times.

maltfield OP ,

It should only be posted once to this community. It’s also been cross-posted to other relevant communities.

ninekeysdown , to sysadmin in BusKill v0.7.0 released, now available in Official Debian Repos 💾
@ninekeysdown@lemmy.world avatar

That’s neat! Would come in handy for situations like when that Silk Road guy got rushed by the feds 😂

MNByChoice ,

Just my thinking. Of course, the Feds had inside information and would likely have used a different tactic.

Great for stopping random laptop thiefs from getting your data when you are working on a coffee shop.

1ird , to technology in BusKill (USB Dead Man Switch) v0.7.0 released 💾
@1ird@notyour.rodeo avatar

What is this designed to prevent?

maltfield OP ,

Theft of high-risk users’ data. Data could include private keys (eg theft of cryptocurrency assets), contacts of correspondence (eg sources of a journalist – such as whistleblowers), etc.

For more information, see the Who Uses BusKill? section of the documentation.

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