…happened the other day in a meeting… scary for me, at least. I foolishly volunteered my USB stick for a file transfer.
The meeting was well staffed with important people, and it wasn’t until I handed over my stick that I realized the file transfer would involve opening a window and revealing its contents… to the entire room, on the projector screen.
Let’s just say my heart stopped dead and my mind started thrashing. What did I have on the drive? Did I remember? Please let it be respectable…
As it turned out, I had nothing sensitive on the drive – only the collection of technical reference material expected of an industrious and self motivated goal driven achiever.
What’s interesting is that I was scared. My data is… personal. Unfortunately, my USB stick is somewhat public.