Thread: USB sticks implanted in walls throughout NYC for anonymous file sharing

You might know Aram Bartholl as the man who came up with CAPTCHA business cards. Bartholl is making waves once more with yet another clever and still geeky work of art. Bartholl calls it Dead Drops, and the idea is simple ? he embedded five flash drives into walls or curbs around New York so people can anonymously share files with each other.

If you?re in the Big Apple, look for the drops in these places: 87 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (Makerbot), Empire Fulton Ferry Park, Brooklyn, NY (Dumbo), 235 Bowery, NY (New Museum), Union Square, NY (Subway Station 14th St) and West 21st Street, NY (Eyebeam). Prepare for weird stares though. I mean, I?ve never been to New York so I don?t know the absurdities that dwell in its territory, but I think jacking your laptop into a wall still counts as weird.

TechEBlog ? USB Drives Get Implanted Throughout New York for Easy File Sharing

turn off auto-run FIRST though... unless you're Xolares, in which case, you already have everything the stick could possibly infect you with.

Originally Posted by Aegis

turn off auto-run FIRST though... unless you're Xolares, in which case, you already have everything the stick could possibly infect you with.

I think the laptop he uses will cause more harm to the usb

wonder if riaa will go after building owners when music gets found on one of the sticks

couldn't do this in aus or conroy will try to filter usb memory sticks.

In Australia you couldn't, because someone might cut themselves on one. Would need giant yellow signs and railing before approval.