USB kill switches and anti-forensics
BusKill privacy rating
Dead man's switch that locks the screen or shuts down a computer when a magnetic USB breakaway cable tethered to the user is pulled out. The open-source app runs on Linux, Windows and macOS, and the cables are sold by the project.
Summary
BusKill scores 65 out of 100 (grade C) on the USB kill switches and anti-forensics criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit.
Score 65 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Partial
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
No telemetry or analytics in the app source code, and updates are only checked on request. The website runs a self-hosted heatmap analytics plugin.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by sales of BusKill cables and donations, with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.