Usb stick that when plugged in, sends info

[givingtnt]

Hi, im wondering, is there a way to make a usb stick do anything once plugged in ? Say sens me N email of the ip, location and name of computer ? (With peehaps more info on the pc)

 

But still acts like a normal usb drive where I can put files on it ?

 

Thanks !  

 

(Just trying to protect my files from college thieves... )

[CreepyPro]

6 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

Hi, im wondering, is there a way to make a usb stick do anything once plugged in ? Say sens me N email of the ip, location and name of computer ? (With peehaps more info on the pc)

 

But still acts like a normal usb drive where I can put files on it ?

 

Thanks !  

 

(Just trying to protect my files from college thieves... )

 

I read a post a while ago on how to save x data when you plugged the usb to the pc.

So it's possible ( i did it myself and it worked ) but I couldn't find it

[Droidbot]

7 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

Hi, im wondering, is there a way to make a usb stick do anything once plugged in ? Say sens me N email of the ip, location and name of computer ? (With peehaps more info on the pc)

 

But still acts like a normal usb drive where I can put files on it ?

 

Thanks !  

 

(Just trying to protect my files from college thieves... )

would be possible with autorun but Microsoft took it out of all Windows OSes through an update in 2010/11

 

just make an encrypted volume and keep the password to yourself

[TheLagDidIt]

my friend has made a virus that transfers all hdd data over, but friends pc would be ruined

[givingtnt]

13 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

would be possible with autorun but Microsoft took it out of all Windows OSes through an update in 2010/11

 

just make an encrypted volume and keep the password to yourself

you don'T understand, this is a very valuable thumb drive.

I need people to give it back in the case that I loose it or forget it.

[Droidbot]

2 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

you don'T understand, this is a very valuable thumb drive.

I need people to give it back in the case that I loose it or forget it.

then don't use a flash drive, use google drive or something?

[SCHISCHKA]

use an android phone as a usb drive and you can see its location using the Android Device Manager app

[givingtnt]

1 hour ago, Droidbot said:

then don't use a flash drive, use google drive or something?

to store and use files up to 5gb and more ?

3d modeling, video editing, big projects.

no. my 128gb usb 3.0 thumb drive can stay with me.

[straight_stewie]

2 hours ago, givingtnt said:

Hi, im wondering, is there a way to make a usb stick do anything once plugged in ? Say sens me N email of the ip, location and name of computer ? (With peehaps more info on the pc)

(Just trying to protect my files from college thieves... )

I'm finding it hard to believe that building a device to get information on other peoples computer could help you protect your own, unless your plan is to protect your USB drives, in which case, you have files on USB drives that shouldn't be there.

If you really just wanted to protect your own USB drives you would have asked if it was possible to disable the drive when plugged in and certain conditions weren't met. Instead you asked how to send you information about another computer without the user finding out. This is not the place to learn how to break the law for personal amusement or gain.

[givingtnt]

4 minutes ago, straight_stewie said:

 This is not the place to learn how to break the law for personal amusement or gain.

its neither of the two. people have a tendency to steal drives in my college. and use them (say you are in a multimedia class and you have a grade that depends on your classmates grades. lower theirs and higher yours, the better. would be a shame if someone lost their project.)

if I get the ip / location. perhaps the name of the pc, considering people put their own name usually. I could figure out who did it. and not only get the key back, but bring them to the school's authority.

 

in order for someone to be "stolen" info from, they would have to steal from me in the first place.

[straight_stewie]

4 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

in order for someone to be "stolen" info from, they would have to steal from me in the first place.

As my stepmom used to say (and it was very annoying) two wrongs don't make a right.

Most likely the Uniwill can you both for engaging in questionable activities. I still think that the best solution is to try to find a way to disable or block the device if it's not you using it, rather than what you are attempting to do.

[givingtnt]

1 minute ago, straight_stewie said:

As my stepmom used to say (and it was very annoying) two wrongs don't make a right.

Most likely the Uniwill can you both for engaging in questionable activities. I still think that the best solution is to try to find a way to disable or block the device if it's not you using it, rather than what you are attempting to do.

I am the only person allowed to use it. but I want people to be able to bring it back / me know where it is.

[straight_stewie]

1 minute ago, givingtnt said:

I am the only person allowed to use it. but I want people to be able to bring it back / me know where it is.

Something doesn't follow here. You want to track who has it, but you are the only person who's supposed to have it. You want people to be able to bring it back, yet you are the only person who's supposed to have it.

Perhaps the simplest solution is to PROTECT YOUR SHIT in the first place, rather than breaking the law in an attempt to get recompense after failing to protect you and yours. I still maintain that the best solution to the alleged problem (let me be clear, I do not believe that you are telling the truth about your intentions at all) is to prevent other people from getting the USB drive, and failing that, prevent them from being able to interact with the files thereon.

[givingtnt]

3 minutes ago, straight_stewie said:

Something doesn't follow here. You want to track who has it, but you are the only person who's supposed to have it. You want people to be able to bring it back, yet you are the only person who's supposed to have it.

Perhaps the simplest solution is to PROTECT YOUR SHIT in the first place, rather than breaking the law in an attempt to get recompense after failing to protect you and yours. I still maintain that the best solution to the alleged problem (let me be clear, I do not believe that you are telling the truth about your intentions at all) is to prevent other people from getting the USB drive, and failing that, prevent them from being able to interact with the files thereon.

I can't always be at the computer, and if say I leave for the bathroom (during the common pauses) its easy to steal.

but most of the time I can't remove the drive.

instead of going around the problem, can you help me fix it ?

[straight_stewie]

45 minutes ago, givingtnt said:

I can't always be at the computer, and if say I leave for the bathroom (during the common pauses) its easy to steal.

but most of the time I can't remove the drive.

instead of going around the problem, can you help me fix it ?

Well, avoiding the problem altogether is the best solution if that is a possible alternative, and in this case it is. However, since you asked, here is an option that meets my requirements of ethics, and your requirements of protecting your files.
 

USB Safeguard

It allows you to password protect your files on removable media.

[OhadShwartzman]

I think you are confused about what the purpose of protecting is, you can just encrypt your drive and back it all up, but instead you are going towards the agressive route of "I AM GONNA CATCH THIS SCUMBAG"

[givingtnt]

9 hours ago, NoGravityPanda said:

I think you are confused about what the purpose of protecting is, you can just encrypt your drive and back it all up, but instead you are going towards the agressive route of "I AM GONNA CATCH THIS SCUMBAG"

A bit of background :

 

This software would be installed on all usb sticks of the students. With a link to their email address.

[burnttoastnice]

12 hours ago, givingtnt said:

I can't always be at the computer, and if say I leave for the bathroom (during the common pauses) its easy to steal.

but most of the time I can't remove the drive.

instead of going around the problem, can you help me fix it ?

I always remove my drive before I go somewhere. Providing the drive uses a fat32 file system, If you have documents open on the drive but no program is actively reading from the drive, it is completely safe to just yank it out. When you plug it back in, press 'save' on all the open windows so the applications can re-assign their file handle locks. On Linux just make sure you unmount first.

[givingtnt]

4 hours ago, burnttoastnice said:

I always remove my drive before I go somewhere. Providing the drive uses a fat32 file system, If you have documents open on the drive but no program is actively reading from the drive, it is completely safe to just yank it out. When you plug it back in, press 'save' on all the open windows so the applications can re-assign their file handle locks. On Linux just make sure you unmount first.

its in ntfs