USB in Walls!

Ever imagined USB flash drives embedded in city walls? Well, Aram Bartholl has made it come true.

‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous offline file sharing network where USB flash drives are embedded in New York City’s WALLS! An early USB dead drop network was started in 2010, by Aram, a berlin based artist, in his stay in New York. 

These USB drives are completely public where anyone can drop or find files on a dead drop by directly plugging their laptop into the USB in the wall. Each dead drop is initially empty except two files, deaddrops-manifesto.txt and a readme.txt file explaining the project.Inspite of its wide scope of sharing files, it currently possesses high risk of malware infection due to anonymous usage. Various physical and electrical damages to the systems are also possible. Following this concept, wireless dead drops are also coming up with The PirateBox being the best known.

                           

This unique idea has received great response and has the potential for a new digital revolution.