The Sneakerweb

16 points | by GalaxyNova 2 hours ago

4 comments

  • NDlurker 9 minutes ago

    Cool and reminds me of a project from like 15 years ago. Forgot what it was called but basically it was just people hiding thumb drives and finding them like a geocache. Fun idea but then I remember Stuxnet and I'm like nah.

    Edit: found it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_dead_drop

    Pirate box is mentioned on that page. I forgot about that. I used to carry around an old android phone running pirate box. Sometimes people would connect at a coffee shop and that's how I found out about the band Death Grips

  • iamnothere an hour ago

    Nice, modern day samizdat. Looks simple enough to use.

    I wonder if there’s a Linux distro that includes tools like this. It’s not a bad idea.

  • jaxn 40 minutes ago

    my cellphone has been named “sneakernet” for years. it’s a throwback to a time when it was faster to walk a zip disk across campus than it was to send it.

      edoceo 3 minutes ago

      A simpler time, with South Park on RralPlayer. And before with Leisure Suit Larry.