Steven Hoffer - "Dead drops," a new social initiative devised by German architect and artist Aram Bartholl, creates an offline peer-to-peer file-sharing network through "injecting USB flash drives into walls, buildings and curbs."
Bartholl, who is a New York City resident for Eyebeam, a nonprofit organization focusing on art and technology, explains the project in a brief blog post:
'Dead Drops is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. I am 'injecting' USB flash drives into walls, buildings and curbs [accessible] to anybody in public space. You are invited to go to these places (so far 5 in NYC) 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 contains a readme.txt file explaining the project. 'Dead Drops' is still in progress, to be continued here and in more cities. Full documentation, movie, map and 'How to make your own dead drop' manual coming soon! Stay tuned.
Here's to hoping that nobody infects these USB drives with viruses, intentionally or unintentionally. ...
The term "dead drop" is generally associated with espionage, referring to the secret transfer of information or items by indirect "dead drop" rather than two parties meeting in person. A "live drop" requires the two parties to actually meet.
via Dead Drops: A New Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Network.
This could create a new market for super cheap flash drives. An existing geocaching network already exists. Start leaving more flash drives in geocaches! I'd leave some of my own music (MP3 files) for anyone to copy free and hope other musicians would do the same. Here's a 4 GB drive for about $6. (Limit five.) Cheaper deals show up from time to time.
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