Leaving USB thumb drives lying around, so that people will plug them into a computer to find out what is on the drive, is a well-known means of introducing viruses, key loggers, and other malware into systems that are well-protected against malware coming in from the net. Several military machines have been infected in this manner in the past, including some at the Pentagon. I am not saying that the people organizing this dead-drop network have malicious intent, just that it would be easy for a third party to introduce malware onto the USB thumb drives thus used. So, be cautious about which computers you plug such drives into. There are some viruses starting to target Linux machines, mostly by attacking browser vulnerabilities.
-------Original Email------- Subject :Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - deaddrop >From :mailto:rob...@elsenaar.info Date :Thu Jan 06 13:28:12 America/Chicago 2011 No, not the latest virus. You can share your favorite virus. -Robert- -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- From: j...@jfeldredge.com Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 5:20 PM To: OpenStreetMap tagging mailing list Subject: Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - deaddrop Sounds like a good way to catch the latest computer virus. -------Original Email------- Subject :[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - deaddrop >From :mailto:ratzil...@gmail.com Date :Thu Jan 06 09:56:31 America/Chicago 2011 Hi all, I've set up a proposal for deaddrop. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/deaddrop According to http://deaddrops.com/ (project's website) : " ‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. USB flash drives are embedded into walls, buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space. Everyone is invited to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your favorite files and data. Each dead drop is installed empty except a readme.txt file explaining the project. ‘Dead Drops’ is open to participation" Actually database is based on GMaps, I just want to add support of these usb spot in OSM. Regards, Gael _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tekst ingevoegd door Panda GP 2011: Als het hier gaat om een ongevraagde e-mail (SPAM), klik dan op de volgende link om de e-mail te herclasseren: http://localhost:6083/Panda?ID=pav_1527&SPAM=true&path=C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Panda%20Security\Panda%20Global%20Protection%202011\AntiSpam --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
