Trade-offs

The BusKill app was created for convenience, providing the user with an easy-to-use method of arming, disarming, and configuring BusKill with an intuitive GUI that “just works” on Linux, Windows, and MacOS.

Convenience is a trade-off that comes at a cost of reduced security. Using the BusKill app requires your computer to not only run hundreds of lines of our code, but also thousands of lines of code from dependant libraries.

The most secure way to run BusKill is using a simple udev config as described here:

https://www.buskill.in/buskill-laptop-kill-cord-dead-man-switch/