Warning About Infected USB Drives: Interesting article. Plugging someone else's USB drive into your computer could be a really bad idea. http://www.wired.com/2014/07/usb-security/...

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Warning About Infected USB Drives

Aug 1, 2014 06:40:55 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Interesting article. Plugging someone else's USB drive into your computer could be a really bad idea.

http://www.wired.com/2014/07/usb-security/

Aug 1, 2014 07:56:21 #

Black Bart Loc: Indiana

I worry when I take my USB to a place to get prints made from my digital photos.
So far I have not picked up anything but it could happen.

Aug 1, 2014 07:59:36 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Black Bart wrote:

I worry when I take my USB to a place to get prints made from my digital photos.
So far I have not picked up anything but it could happen.

If I had to do that, knowing what I know now, I'd get a cheap USB and toss it after they did the printing.

Aug 1, 2014 12:31:29 #

Rbode Loc: Ft lauderdale, Fla

Thank you.

Just this morning my daughter was discussing my granddaughter's back to school list and one of the items was usb flash drive. I told had some unused ones. Some months back B&H had sale of sanddisk 4 or 8 GB, I bought ten.

That article makes one appreciate those old round things we use store data and pictures on. What were those things called?

Edit: going to paint granddaughter's flash drive, hot pink.

Aug 1, 2014 12:48:18 #