So in the spirit of this community and not just to focus on the Reddit... issues... I thought it might be nice to get a topical conversation going in here.

Basically, what open source projects are you currently working on or are you heavily involved with?

I think it would be nice to see what projects people have on the go, get some publicity out there and otherwise talk about stuff that we should be discussing here.

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[–] maltfield@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hi Lemmy!

I make BusKill laptop kill cords that make your computer lock, shutdown, or self-destruct if the device is physically separated from you.

This protects your (encrypted) data from theft, which can be useful for digital nomads and cryptotraders working in cafes/coworking spaces. But our target audience is journalists, activists, and human rights workers in oppressive regimes.

https://buskill.in/

Both the hardware and the software are open-source (CC-BY-SA, GPLv3). We manufacture the hardware with injection molding, but if you have a 3D-printer, then you can take a stab at our 3D-printable prototype.

https://www.buskill.in/3d-print-2023-04/

...And apparently I'm doing (minor) contributions to lemmy these days too

[–] ephemeral404@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

quite interesting. never heard of such project before. are there any other purely software based solutions?

[–] maltfield@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know how BusKill could work without a physical cable.

But there are many similar projects that we list in our documentation that you may be interested in:

https://docs.buskill.in/buskill-app/en/stable/attribution.html#similar-projects