"Oh !*#%" flash drive looks like work of world's stupidest thief

Forlain

#1 – 3:56 AM July 17, 2008

And here's the DIY project they cleverly stole the idea from :)
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/usbkey

CC

#2 – 3:57 AM July 17, 2008

Hmmm.

http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/usbkey

CC

#3 – 3:58 AM July 17, 2008

So it's not just me that remembers the original...

cayton

#4 – 4:52 AM July 17, 2008

I did this last week based off of the evilmadscientist article, which I think I read from WIRED. Anyways, it is really easy to do, as long as you have access to a really small flash drive.

Rob Beschizza

#5 – 5:13 AM July 17, 2008

Thanks for the updates.

A good cheap, widely available drive to use for this would be Sony's microvault.

Anonymous Anonymous

#6 – 10:26 AM July 17, 2008

There's actually no foul play here.

We're working with Fred, and if you'll notice, they even give proper credit on the product page.

Windell Oskay
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories.

arkizzle / Moderator

#7 – 7:25 PM July 17, 2008

Rob, from the EMSL page:

From: Anonymous on Tuesday, April 22 2008 @ 02:14 PM PDT
For the record, don't try any of the Sony MicroVault Tiny range. Despite the name, they're actually slightly too large to fit into the USB connector without some serious modification (ie fiddly cutting and filing of the metal connector). The plastic outer casing comes off easily enough, but it quickly turns into a nasty mess after that.
2 hours and counting, and the bloody thing STILL won't quite fit right.

Anonymous Anonymous

#8 – 2:46 PM June 22, 2009

'Stupidest' isn't actually a word.