If You Find This In the Wall, Don't Touch Or Pull It!

How to Protect Your Data. Who knows what secrets a simple memory stick can hold? Scammers these days make use of those as they’re getting more and more creative to steal your data and harm your gadgets. In this video, you'll find out what danger a flash drive sticking out of a wall can present to your data and safety and why you should never pick one up off the street.
“Dead Drop” is a global art project that’s borrowed some tricks from the world of spies and espionage. Nowadays, there are over one and a half thousand dead drops around the globe. Remember it's highly ill-advised to plug some random USB stick into your computer. You can't even fathom what information might be waiting for you on a flash drive.
Criminals can use the “lost” memory sticks trick to get access to your personal information, your passwords, and other important data. What's more, they can easily destroy your computer. USB sticks in the mail also contain malware that can seriously mess up your computer.

TIMESTAMPS
How to recognize a “Dead Drop” 1:21
The drawbacks of the Dead Drop project 3:37
Why "lost" memory sticks are dangerous 5:29
How USB sticks in the mail can be harmful 7:28
eBay flash-drive scam 9:13

Music:
End of Time . Ugonna Onyekwe

SUMMARY
-Berlin-based artist Aram Bartholl decided to create "an anonymous, offline, peer-to-peer file-sharing network in public space" and started his “Dead Drop” project. It encourages people to swap confidential information with others by hiding memory sticks all over the world.
-You never know what viruses are lurking on a flash drive off the street, waiting patiently to destroy their next victim’s hard drive. Secondly, you can't even fathom what information might be waiting for you on a flash drive. Anyone can download videos, pictures, or text files, and this has already led to several problems.
-Using the “lost” flash drive trick, criminals can get access to your personal information, your passwords, and other important data. One Hong Kong-based company has created a flash drive that can literally annihilate a computer. It absorbs power from the USB line until it reaches 240 volts.
-Unmarked memory sticks dropped into mail boxes contain malware that can seriously mess up your computer. Scammers evidently rely on human curiosity and, in all honesty, it pays off.
-If you ever see an online ad for a one-terabyte memory stick being sold for a laughable amount of money, beware. hackers have somehow discovered a way to alter the controller chip settings. As long as you don’t exceed the true capacity of your new flash drive, it works fine. But once you go over the limit, the memory stick will slowly start corrupting your data.

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[Waluigi_Time]

If you see someone breathing stop what you're doing and call the military

[xefiy]

If you see food on your dinner plate, don’t touch it and call 911

[bryan]

WHEN YOU SEE A BRIGHTSIDE VIDEO, DON'T CLICK IT!

[someone]

Me: *finds memory stick in mail*
Also me: School computer get ready.

[RessG]

"Don't Touch Or Pull It!"
I thought you gonna tell me that it will explode or electrocute me.

[Flipper-gamer]

5:32 “Don’t take anything from strangers”

Halloween: *EXISTS*

[CuriosityCulture]

Hahaha I have never seen a flash drive sticking out of a wall. But I think this rule applies to anything sticking out of a wall.

[vinsio]

You: If You Find This In the Wall, Don't Touch Or Pull It!


Me: *Smacks it*

[okaaythen]

If you see money on the floor, don't spend it! And call me!

[chickenlowmane]

If you see your teacher at a grocery store, run as fast as you can and call the cops!!!!

[zelefant]

If you see clickbait, don’t click or like it!

[nganbread]

Anyone else scrolling through the comments because they don’t wanna watch an 11 minute video?

[krissisk]

Speaking as an IT professional with a background in security, the warnings in this video are spot on. A USB flash drive with a malicious payload left lying around for some curious person to pick it up and plug it in is one of the easiest and most common attack vectors. It can be partially mitigated by disabling autorun (or using an operating system that doesn't have autorun in the first place) but even still you should never, ever plug in any unfamiliar USB device, ESPECIALLY flash drives.

[jumanjicostco]

But it might just be someone trying to share his 32gb hentai collection to the world.

[idjdjebeosidvevwvsjsivhwiw]

If you see a watermelon on ur kitchen go call the army

[basabrajgupta]

Bright side: It is impossible to break a 2 terabyte memory stick.
Me : Okay.
Bright side : If you get a random usb, break it into little pieces.
Me : What?

[eternity]

My question is why do hackers have to wear a jacket and a mask at home?

[StitchinTurtles]

“Don’t take USBsticks in the mail”

Me: Awww man. I just ordered one from amazon! 😒

[subsideath]

imagine getting rick rolled by one of those

[Cyber_Akuma]

I always wondered, wouldn't those flashdrives stop being usable after just a few weeks due to corrosion from rain and other elements? Their metal parts are completely exposed to the outdoors.