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Found a 1G USB dongle

See if you can figure out who they are from what's on it, and find a way to get it back to them. Those things are like $2 now but it will be worth much more to the person who it belongs to.
 
Originally posted by: Newbian
I have a better question...

Since when did we start calling usb drives "dongles"?
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Since we started using the incorrect words for things. It's an attempt at homogeny.
 
Originally posted by: MovingTarget
Originally posted by: Newbian
Check for porn first in case you need some new stuff to look at.
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dingdingding!

Just use protection. Virusscans aplenty.
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Yes, and make sure autorun is disabled before plugging it in.
 
Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: Newbian
I have a better question...

Since when did we start calling usb drives "dongles"?
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Since we started using the incorrect words for things. It's an attempt at homogeny.
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Brb, gotta go fondle mah dongle.


 
I took a look.

It has personal information on it so I know who it belongs to.

And a virus!

Well at least I had protection.

Sadly, no porn.
 
It has a virus on it. The person planted it there for you to put into your computer to try and find out who it belongs to.

[edit] Just read that it DID have a virus, but I meant that was its sole purpose.
 
Originally posted by: MovingTarget
Originally posted by: Newbian
I have a better question...

Since when did we start calling usb drives "dongles"?
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usb drives, thumb drives, pen drives, usb key.......why the heck not?
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Because dongle is something completely different from portable erasable data storage.
 
Dongle usually means a device used for software protection, been around longer than the USB port. I remember having them installed on LPT with 3 of them one plugged into the other. Quite a mess.



If it looks blank you can recover all the data with a program like winhex.
http://www.x-ways.net/winhex/


The only way to delete content off a USB drive, or hard drive for that matter, is to overwrite the data. Format will not erase the data.
 
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