The program will protect your computer from attacks with physical access

User hephaest0s published on GitHub source project usbkill , written in Python. The program resides in memory, check the connection to the PC USB-device. As soon as it detects changes in the connected devices (flash drive removed), it immediately shuts down your computer. Why may require such unusual behavior?

Let's say you wanted by the FBI, the NSA, the CIA, or any other three-letter agencies, and you fear that government agents working snatch your laptop right out of your hands. Then, if he stays in the unlocked state, no data encryption programs just will not help. That is pierced Ross Ulbricht - FBI agents suddenly snatched his laptop in the library while he entered the admin uchёtku Silk Road .

In order for the computer as much as possible not to "sleep" and not zalochivalsya, there are even special устройства-мышкодёрги, which emulate the activity of mouse and / or keyboard. In addition, if you are somewhere in a public place and be lazy once again to turn off the computer, moving away from it for a moment - you will give a chance to an attacker to install it any malicious programs.

And now, thanks hephaest0s, the opportunity to protect your computer. You can, for example, bind to the wrist strap from the flash drive. As soon as the distance between you and your computer suddenly increases, leaves the nest flash drive USB, and the computer is turned off at lightning speed, secure Keep your secrets to yourself.

Of course, more elegant solution would be to use a wireless tag on Bluetooth - but these devices still need to search.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/250012/