Jumpshot: the Linux security stick you give to your clueless friends

With slick marketing, a great sense of humor, and a practical, useful product idea, Texas startup Jumpshot launched its initial public funding round on Kickstarter this week. The long and short of Jumpshot is that it's a USB stick that removes bloatware, adware, spyware, and malware in a package that toddlers and grannies alike would be able to use. When Jumpshot is cleaning the system in the background, the user can stay connected and browse the Web in a Linux-based sandbox. Jumpshot requires that the host machine be connected...

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Published By: Beta News - Thursday, 12 July, 2012

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