Michael Altfield 🛡️

@MichaelAltfield
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🐧 #Linux Hacker. 🔑 #Security Guru. I write articles about #opsec, #privacy, and #devops. 💙 #OpenSource 💾
Websitehttps://michaelaltfield.net
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Our #FOSS #DeadManSwitch can now be installed in #apt 🚀

🔗 https://www.buskill.in/apt-debian-install

Guide to install BusKill on #Debian, #Linux #Mint, #Ubuntu, #Kali, and #TAILS 👆

Install BusKill with apt (Debian, Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Kali, TAILS) - BusKill

How to install BusKill (open-source laptop kill cord) software using apt in Debian, Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Kali, and TAILS.

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@stopgenai curious for your thoughts on this
@fight Does FFTF have a campaign to get laws that ban AI from being used by police and the military?

Using #AI in war means children get targeted 👎

🔗 https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2026/03/03/ai-venezuela-iran/

Last week, the #US bombed a girls' elementry school in Iran, killing over 100 children. Was it an AI halllucination that targeted the school? 🤔

#Iran #Venezuela #USA #Israel #Anthropic #OpenAI #metadata #tech #noai

The Banality of Artificial Intelligence - Michael Altfield's Tech Blog

The Banality of AI means that, if we use AI in war, false-positive hallucinations will lead to the death of innocent children.

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#Video Demo of BusKill (#opensource #DeadManSwitch) on #Windows, #macOS, #Ubuntu, and #Kali #Linux 🍿💥

🔗 https://www.buskill.in/demo-2024/

Want to actually see our laptop kill-cord in-action (triggering a lockscreen or system shutdown when unplugged?). We’re very happy to share samxplogs’ Cross-Platform Video Demos of BusKill 🔥🔒

#opsec #infosec #security #privacy #hardware

BusKill Demos (Windows, macOS, Linux) - BusKill

Video demos show how to use BusKill (laptop dead man swtich) on Windows, macOS, and Linux

BusKill
Sepia Search

A search engine of PeerTube videos, channels and playlists, developed by Framasoft

Sepia Search

Checkout our progress on our #opensource laptop #DeadManSwitch 🔥🔒

🔗 https://www.buskill.in/2025-annual-report/

Happy new year! 🥳 Here's a recap of the work we did last year at BusKill 👆

#opsec #infosec #security #privacy #hardware

2025 Annual Report - BusKill

This BusKill 2025 Annual Report will discuss the state of the BusKill project at the end of 2025 and the progress we made throughout the year 2025. 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. https://www.buskill.in/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2021/12/altshift_graphize_buskill_20211210_withCoverAndSubs_1024.webm […]

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Have you ever been locked-out of your own account "for your protection"? 🤦

🔗 https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2026/02/03/single-site-browser-firejail-proxychains/

This guide 👆 shows how to setup a Persistent, Sandboxed, Single-Site-Browser using #firejail and #proxychains to minimize the risk of Evil-Corp effectively issuing a #DOS attack against you (due to false positives)

#ai #aislop #opsec #infosec #security #privacy

Persistent, Sandboxed, Single-Site Browser (firejail and proxychains) - Michael Altfield's Tech Blog

Or how to avoid getting locked-out of another Google Account This guide will describe how to setup a persistent browser (for Evil Corp) that’s isolated in a sandbox (with firejail) and forced to use a SOCKS5 proxy to retain a static IP address (using proxychains) Have you ever been locked out of your own account, and then got an email for your service provider annoyingly letting you know that they’ve “blocked a login attempt — for your protection?“ There’s countless reports of frustrated users who have permanently lost access to their own gmail accounts because of Google’s faulty “fraud protection” systems that locked the account owner out of their own account, due to false-positives. Problem Especially the past 10 years, large corporations have been using machine learning anomaly detection systems on their login pages. Unfortunately, sometimes this is (ab)used to have priority over credential authentication challenges. Even if you enter your username, password, and 2FA credentials correctly on the very first login attempt, you may get locked out of your own account because you “look different” Even if you enter your username, password, and 2FA credentials correctly on the very first login attempt, you may get locked . . . → Read More: Persistent, Sandboxed, Single-Site Browser (firejail and proxychains)

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@MakerTube A password reset does work to regain access (though it's a bit scary how someone can gain access to an account by intercepting an unencrypted email sent from your server, without authenticating in any way)