A project for enhanced data privacy and protection: GitHub - hephaest0s/usbkill: « usbkill » is an anti-forensic kill-switch that waits for a change on your USB ports and then immediately shuts down your computer.
« usbkill » is an anti-forensic kill-switch that waits for a change on your USB ports and then immediately shuts down your computer.
Use case scenarios, according to the site:
- In case the police or other thugs come busting in (or steal your laptop from you when you are at a public library as happened to Ross). The police commonly uses a « mouse jiggler » to keep the screensaver and sleep mode from activating.
- You don’t want someone retrieve documents (such as private keys) from your computer or install malware/backdoors via USB.
- You want to improve the security of your (Full Disk Encrypted) home or corporate server (e.g. Your Raspberry).