News - 17,000 USB sticks left at dry cleaners in 2010

[HEXUS]

Poses unlikely security risk.

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[kalniel]

Maybe it's a stuxnet test run

[Max Tractor]

Daz data stick challenge

[cameronlite]

(no doubt by picking one if its handy solutions!)

"one if its"

It might be a security risk, but seriously, what criminal is going to trawl through dry cleaners looking for memory sticks?

[Jonatron]

I'm someone who usually never looses anything, but even I have lost a couple of USB sticks over the years. They're worse than socks for disappearing.

[Decode]

I've always used the lace bit an worn my USB stick around my neck, been doing that for a couple of years and haven't miss-placed any that I've used

[miniyazz]

It might be a security risk, but seriously, what criminal is going to trawl through dry cleaners looking for memory sticks?

Opportunistic thieves, for starters. There's no doubt confidential/sensitive data should be encrypted.

[alsenior]

Know where to get my next usb stick from

[pauldarkside]

Know where to get my next usb stick from

Just don't get caught for laundering

[Percy1983]

Easily done, my good old kingston as been washed twice.

[Funkstar]

The only memory stick I haven't lost or broken is the Sandisk SD+USB card I have in my camera. I always get strange looks when I pull it out of the camera, snap it in half and use it in a USB socket, but it has lasted me at least 3 years now.