Feature Request: ScreamLock

[PowerPress]

Have the app monitor the decibels coming from the microphone and let the user set a threshold. If the threshold is passed shut down the PC. Example being prevented from touching your PC but by screaming or a loud noise would trigger the shutdown allowing a hands free system.

[Lvl4Sword]

I don't see how this would be beneficial, considering that kind of defeats having a conversation with a loud individual, or from playing any kind of music..

[Lvl4Sword]

import pyaudio
import struct
import sys


THRESHOLD = 1

#open your audio stream    
chunk = 1024
FORMAT = pyaudio.paInt16
CHANNELS = 1
RATE = 44100

p = pyaudio.PyAudio()

stream = p.open(format=FORMAT,
                channels=CHANNELS, 
                rate=RATE,
                input=True,
                output=True,
                frames_per_buffer=chunk)

while True:
    data = stream.read(chunk)
    print(struct.unpack('1024h',data))
    if any(data) >= THRESHOLD:
        print('AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH')

Here's something you could certainly play with, though ^

[PowerPress]

I imagine it working by setting a decibel/input volume threshold once a sound reaches or passes that initiate usbkill protection procedures. So for example you are listening to Pandora or such and see the current recording volume/decibels which shouldnt change unless you increase the volume. You then adjust the screamlock input to something higher than that. You can still have conversations or listen to radio or anything else. But any noises louder than that allows you to remotely lock your PC while you are restrained or x feet away from it.

Old frosty was tackled while his laptop was taken from him. If he had screamlock even restrained he could have protected his data thats where the idea comes from. The sound is irrelevant as long as something is received above the preset limit.

[ghost]

I'm working on adding this to my fork right now.

All help is appreciated.

Since most of the logic that handles the settings is in the main usbkill.py, I'll see if I can include some of the sample code above and tinker until it works. It'll take a long time for me though.

[Lvl4Sword]

@midnightcruising If you're looking for something that does more than USB, there's always https://github.com/GoldenSwordLLC/Killer
To my understanding, USBKill is no longer being worked on.

[ghost]

@midnightcruising If you're looking for something that does more than USB, there's always https://github.com/GoldenSwordLLC/Killer To my understanding, USBKill is no longer being worked on.

I'll keep my own fork up just because I want to continue on the legacy of the OG kill switch, but I will definitely use this as my personal program if I wish.

Thanks for the suggestion.