Dead Drops

By John Farrier in Everything Else on Oct 30, 2010 at 6:01 pm

Here at Neatorama, we’ve covered a variety of projects by artist Aram Bartholl. He has filmed people living out their World of Warcraft characters, made a giant Google Maps marker, and placed CAPTCHAs in real life. Bartholl’s latest project is called “Dead Drops.” He stuck five USB flash drives into walls around New York City and invited people to download from or upload content to them.

Link via CrunchGear | Photo: Aram Bartholl

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Randi
Oct 30th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
lots of people are gonna have viruses.
stephbot
Oct 30th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
Randi- exactly my thoughts.
vonskippy
Oct 30th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Nothing a good whack with a hammer couldn’t take care of.
AshleyZ
Oct 30th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
Embedding a male-ended USB stick in concrete is just begging for a string of ruined motherboards. How still can you hold your laptop or netbook against the wall, even for 30 seconds? Now how about while you’re trying to use the mouse, keyboard, or trackpad to copy files?
Edward
Oct 31st, 2010 at 2:22 am
Using a USB extension cable or a mini USB hub, connect the wall to a MacBook or Linux laptop. Copy the files to an isolated folder and do not access them for a week. After that, backup your computer, update the virus definitions and scan the folder with an antivirus program.

While you are at it, upload a copy of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” for the next person to find.
hearsetrax
Oct 31st, 2010 at 4:49 am
will be a most curious exsperiment indeed…..

I foresee nothing good comming from this …..

personally someone ought to upload a copy of

Weird Al’s “Virus Alert” the official video
ted
Oct 31st, 2010 at 7:31 am
For some reason, this reminds me of heroin users sharing needles.
Lea
Oct 31st, 2010 at 12:58 pm
This can’t go wrong AT ALL. (>.>)
swissonian
Oct 31st, 2010 at 4:00 pm
I really like your positive non-pesismistic opinions on that
Gauldar
Nov 2nd, 2010 at 10:40 am
Ted has a point. It would be an interesting experiment to keep track of the amount of users that come along, and when an infected drive comes in contact with it. Not only is this a social experiment to real life SDI distribution, but the digital source ones as well. Viruses thrive due to human carelessness, and getting an understanding of interaction with infected sources could lead to some interesting information. I’m pretty sure those ports have at least gotten the herp by now.
Barnco
Nov 9th, 2010 at 1:58 am
This actually reminds me more of a glory hole in the wall of a men’s public washroom.

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