There's so much power in the hands of a select few and they know so much about us and our habits that rebellion and freedom in general can become illusory at some point.
Fortunately there are always some great minds creating counter-measures and even anticipating problems. This series of posts will let you know about some projects that will make a good addition to our collective arsenal against mass-surveillance and freedom-abolitionism (i just made that up, sounds cool doesn't it?)
Dead Drops
‘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 accessible 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.
This as a fatal flaw, ass-holes will put viruses and malware in all of them, so be sure to use adequate protection before plugging or opening anything from the dead drop
I've accompanied this since it's inception, it's not terribly useful nor essential but it is a good form of protest and backup plan. It seems to be growing with 1401 documented dead drops (8945 GB) at the time of writing of this post
Why is this helpful?
- The sheer number of them can have an impact as a form of protest
- It's a secure way to release information to the public anonymously
- Can serve as a secret communication channel, specially if the USB drive is encrypted and only a few know the password
- Obfuscation trough numbers, the more there are, the more secure they are
- Censoring is futile, it would require physical routine checks to ALL drops
How can you help?
- Spread the word
- Create a Dead Drop near you
- Update the status of Dead Drops in the official website
- Check Dead Drops in your area for malware and clean them, if you don't have the expertise to repair than destroy them
Next Cool Project: OFF Pocket
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