hiding files - share your stories
I have burned so many cds & still plan to burn many more I have about 825 cds & dvds right now.
Wow. I used to have a couple of CD-Rs & DVD-Rs with JPEG photos and videos.
Last year I just discarded them. I keep a text file with links to my favorite URLs so I don't have any bookmarks in the computer.
Yes I know..."What would you do if the Internet were down for days?" or "What would you do if the images & videos were no longer accessible at those URLs?"
There is so much porn available there is an endless supply.
Now I must also recommend Truecrypt.
On any media (harddrive, CD-R, DVD-R, BD-R, USB Flash drive, SDHC card) it will work for storage.
Your most cost effective method is an external harddrive, then DVD-Rs, then CD-Rs.
After that a USB flash drive at 8GB is a good cost price point currently.
When you save a Truecrypt folder you don't have to make it an invisible partition but instead add a few bogus README.txt files and a couple small corporate website JPEGs in the same folder. rename your huge 2-4GB Truecrypt container something like *.AVI or *.BIN or *.ZIP or an installer file name.
Or you can put a couple much smaller .AVI files from some corporate training type thing in the folder.
Even if someone tries to open it they think it is corrupted.
You know better. just change it back to the Truecrypt file name extension so Truecrypt will recognize it.
Now where to hide these media? For all but the external hard drive...I came across this:
anonymous offsite storage of 8GB data for 30 days
http://thementalmilitia.com/forums/index.php?topic=15624.0
stories of hiding spots for SD data card
http://thementalmilitia.com/forums/index.php?topic=15742.0
Other than that if you feel you really can't hide your media at home try this cool book:
pretty much every idea in it. A great read. Chapter 7 "Hiding Items With Innocent Bystanders" is entertaining and shows clever options.
It will let you get creative in your thinking about public places as well as buildings you visit frequently or infrequently
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"How to Hide Things in Public Places"
by Dennis Fiery (Paperback Book) 200 pages Used Copies Available from $19.95
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Ho...ic-Places/Dennis-Fiery/e/9781559501484/?itm=2
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SouthWest King you may want to just get an external harddrive as that is a very large collection and you could possibly enjoy it more if you had easier access to it. At least consolidate all your CD-Rs to DVD-Rs. Buy a 100 DVD spindle cheap.
I may start to use a USB flash 1GB drive for JPEG photos, my text files of video URLs, and maybe a Firefox bookmarks file again with Truecrypt.