Saw this today on Addictive Tips.
I know these kinds of apps have been around a while, I just never thought about them much. But this blog post reminded me that there are places out there with booby-trapped computers just hoping to slurp up your data when you plug in.
USB Grabber ---- I'm scared to plug in my drive anywhere now
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Re: USB Grabber ---- I'm scared to plug in my drive anywhere now
This is why it pays to look at techniques of encrypting the data on the USB Drive.
Re: USB Grabber ---- I'm scared to plug in my drive anywhere now
It's the other way around... the article says "Copy Data From PC To USB Or External Hard Drive Silently"
Re: USB Grabber ---- I'm scared to plug in my drive anywhere now
I would like it if this program would (by default) only update to a *specific* flash drive, rather than copying to just anything someone happens to plug in. Unless its backing up an encrypted volume, that seems problematic. Oops I accidentally connected my iPod just to charge it and now its full of stuff that shouldn't be on it. Ugh.
True, but I never though of doing that (a malicious USB-to-PC version). I'm sure it exists.I am Baas wrote:It's the other way around... the article says "Copy Data From PC To USB Or External Hard Drive Silently"
Agreed.guinness wrote:This is why it pays to look at techniques of encrypting the data on the USB Drive.