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USB Everyday Data Carry? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 week ago by fuViWwE3VQ2475@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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I have a Samsung Bar Plus 128GB USB on my keychain along with my car's keyfob. It's formatted ExFAT. What files should I store on it for those just-in-case moments? Or what files would be good to be stored in an encrypted Veracrypt container as part of my EDC?

Thank you in advance for your wisdom....

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[โ€“] remon@ani.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I really just put the text file that because ... might as well, it's not the primary purpose.

You might not want to attach personal identity information to your keys

I very deliberately only put down my phone number. Should be pretty hard to link that to my address. I think the only organizations that have both are my ISP, bank and workplace.

[โ€“] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

Should be pretty hard to link that to my address.

You might try plugging your phone number into Google and see what comes up, if you've never tried. In the US, there are a number of data brokers that can get ahold of personal information from various places and cross-correlate that data, and phone directory places that buy data and will put pages up to be indexed by Google. If your information hasn't gotten out one way or another, great, but...