What is a USB dead drop?ย “Dead Drops” is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. This network is made up of USB drives that are embedded in walls, buildings and other public places. Anyone is freeย to access, download, and upload. Itย is very similar toย geocachingย butย with data. The first USB dead drop network ofย five locations was created by Berlin-based artistย Aram Barthollย in 2010. Since then, there have been over 1,000 dead drop locations that have been registered atย deaddrops.com
This is and interesting project, but upย until now, it has been mostly restricted to urban locations. In this project, I show how to expandย this network beyond city limitsย by embeding USB drives in natural fixtures such as trees and rocks. Here’s the build on Instructables.
See the full seriesย here.
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