Comments on: Why you should pack a Survival Flash Drive

By: Ironpete

Ironpete — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:01:50 +0000

I have a cruzer titaniun plus flashdrive and this thing is tuff as nails, plan to try truecrypt my info
then I will put it in a water proof match case with some closed cell foam padding then in my bug out bag it will go. I think the match case will work well.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:43:23 +0000

certificates and college records!!! You can say your a nurse to get in somewhere but if something happens and the world rights itself you may need to prove you can use the skills that you've been practicing ( I know how crazy this sounds)

By: Dean

Dean — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:15:59 +0000

The cheapest way to waterproof a USB drive would be to wrap it in Blu-tac (or the Yellow stuff). Even if it claims to be a waterproof drive. Maybe then cram it into an empty kinder surprise 'egg' with some tape around it. You won't need to use the drive while traveling but will be there safe and sound if you need to show any authorities anything.

By: OutLander777

OutLander777 — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:16:06 +0000

I down loaded several survival manuals and such to a Simpletech back up hard drive 200 gigs. Also all of My wifes family pictures and back woods country cooking stuff. Checking into IPads as the reader.

By: Survival Shotgun Series – Cleaing and Maintenance

Survival Shotgun Series – Cleaing and Maintenance — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:56:05 +0000

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By: Lucas_SurvCache

Lucas_SurvCache — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:54:24 +0000

That's a very good point Josh.

That's bad OpSec on my part.

I've edited the article to include your warning.

By: josh

josh — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:44:53 +0000

It’s not a good idea to bring all your personal information to be scanned at Kinkos and saved on their hard drives. All it takes is one scammer who works there to copy all your personal info and spread it / sell it.

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 30 May 2010 21:32:00 +0000

Good point, I also think that having paper copies makes it easier as far as not losing your thumbdrive, (a daily occurrence in my case).

By: caine30

caine30 — Sun, 30 May 2010 20:10:31 +0000

one thing to bear in mind is even with these copies on your flash drive you might want to store in a water proof case some where in your BOB a paper copy of them it would be a lot better for proof of identity

By: Lucas_SurvCache

Lucas_SurvCache — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:54:16 +0000

Brock,

Thanks for the comment. I completely agree. I've used TrueCrypt before and it was great. I've heard nothing but good things about it.

Funny you should mention that, the guys over at ITS Tactical just did an entire article on TruCrypt and how to use it:
http://www.itstactical.com/2010/05/10/infosec-and...