[Discuss] Introducing BusKill: A Kill Cord for your Linux Laptop

[Rich Pieri]

> Let's consider a scenario: You're at a public location (let's say a
> cafe) while necessarily authenticated into some super important
> service (let's say online banking). But what if–after you've
> carefully authenticated–someone snatch-and-runs with your laptop?

This seems like another half-assed technical solution to carelessness.
If you're going to go through the trouble of setting up a cable to Do
Something(tm) if someone tries to quickly snatch the equipment, why not
use a cable that makes it impossible for them to quickly snatch the
equipment in the first place? Or, I don't know, maybe don't use easily
stolen gear in places which are conducive to it being easily stolen.

As an alt.hackers obhack? Sure. For daily use? Nope.

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Rich Pieri