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| The BusKill project just published their Warrant Canary #007 |
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Status: All good
Release: 2024-01-10
Period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-06-01
Expiry: 2024-06-30
Statements
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The BusKill Team who have digitally signed this file [1]
state the following:
1. The date of issue of this canary is January 10, 2024.
2. The current BusKill Signing Key (2020.07) is
E0AF FF57 DC00 FBE0 5635 8761 4AE2 1E19 36CE 786A
3. We positively confirm, to the best of our knowledge, that the
integrity of our systems are sound: all our infrastructure is in our
control, we have not been compromised or suffered a data breach, we
have not disclosed any private keys, we have not introduced any
backdoors, and we have not been forced to modify our system to allow
access or information leakage to a third party in any way.
4. We plan to publish the next of these canary statements before the
Expiry date listed above. Special note should be taken if no new
canary is published by that time or if the list of statements changes
without plausible explanation.
Special announcements
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None.
Disclaimers and notes
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This canary scheme is not infallible. Although signing the
declaration makes it very difficult for a third party to produce
arbitrary declarations, it does not prevent them from using force or
other means, like blackmail or compromising the signers' laptops, to
coerce us to produce false declarations.
The news feeds quoted below (Proof of freshness) serves to
demonstrate that this canary could not have been created prior to the
date stated. It shows that a series of canaries was not created in
advance.
This declaration is merely a best effort and is provided without any
guarantee or warranty. It is not legally binding in any way to
anybody. None of the signers should be ever held legally responsible
for any of the statements made here.
Proof of freshness
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09 Jan 24 17:35:23 UTC
Source: DER SPIEGEL - International (https://www.spiegel.de/international/index.rss)
Germany's Role in the Middle East: Foreign Minister Baerbock Sees an Opening for Mediation
Assaults, Harassment and Beatings: Does the EU Share Blame for Police Violence in Tunisia?
Source: NYT > World News (https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/World.xml)
Israel-Hamas War: Blinken Calls on Israel to Build Ties With Arab Nations
Gabriel Attal Is France’s Youngest and First Openly Gay Prime Minister
Source: BBC News - World (https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml)
2023 confirmed as world's hottest year on record
Gabriel Attal: Macron's pick for PM is France's youngest at 34
Source: Bitcoin Blockchain (https://blockchain.info/q/latesthash)
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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.
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| Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4 |
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.
Why? It defaults to just locking your screen. So you stand-up, the magnetic breakaway cable separates, and then you just have to type your password...
If you're the type of person that would forget to lock your computer before standing up and walking away, then it's exactly what you'd want.
Well it mentioned shredding the encryption keys, and I was combining that with full disk encryption.
You definitely can do that, but if you're afraid that you might stand-up and forget you're using it, then you probably shouldn't.
It's probably enough to just use the default trigger that locks your screen. Or, once you get comfortable with it, set it to shut down your computer. Most people don't need to shred their FDE keys, unless they're facing torture.
In fact, we make it difficult to use "destructive" triggers (like the LUKS Header Shredder that wipes the FDE header) and intentionally do not include the ability to switch to it in the app. To use it, you have to do a lot of extra work. So most users don't have this issue.