Open-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive — ‘Phantom Drive’ appears as a regular USB stick until you create a text file to

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Open-source stealth USB hides an encrypted partition behind an 8GB decoy drive — 'Phantom Drive' appears as a regular USB stick until you create a text file to

You can buy the Phantomdrive from Rootkit Labs for $50 , but you can also build your own, since this is an open-source project. The prebuilt device comes with two extra shells because the pins wear off and break quickly. Otherwise, the GitHub repo provides all the resources, including the PCB layout files and schematics, the BOM for every part, and the custom firmware, alongside its related tools.

The creator of Phantomdrive, Ryan Walker, explains the goal behind the project as both utilitarian and political. It's built using entirely open-source software and with inexpensive, easily accessible components. They wanted to create something that could "slip past authoritarian government representatives, corrupt police, and anyone else that doesn't respect basis encryption rights."

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doomtomb $58 preorder price for essentially an 8GB flash drive with microSD slot and a special circuit and open source software. Going to have to pass on that. Reply

8086 I see one potential flaw in this concept/design. If the hidden partition is accessed by creating a file pasword.xyz and is then deleted to hide your tracks. Shouldn't typical file recovery software reveal the deleted file, password.xyz and then give the unauthorized user access to the hidden files (or partition) on the drive? Reply

8086 doomtomb said: $58 preorder price for essentially an 8GB flash drive with microSD slot and a special circuit and open source software. Going to have to pass on that. People who travel a lot overseas will certainly appreciate a drive like this; especially when going to the UK. Reply

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