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- This one's a breeze.
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- Walk into a local computer store. Wander over the shareware rack. The disks
- are usually wrapped and sealed in plastic. Buy one that looks popular.
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- Go home. Open the plastic envelope very carefully. Play with the program.
- Now delete it. Write something of your own. Copy it to the disk. Put the
- disk back in the plastic envelope. Reseal it. Wait a day. Drop by the
- store. Sneak the envelope back onto the rack.
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- That part's easy. The tough part is deciding what to put on the disk. Your
- typical unimaginative slob will write a program that says "HAHAHA YOU LOOSER
- YER HARD DISK IZ HISTORY BUBBA!!!!!" and scramble the root directory. Yawn.
-
- I would recommend that the program display an official-looking message like
- this:
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- ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ ATTENTION: This disk is the property of the National Security │
- │ Agency and must not be allowed to be used on machines that do │
- │ not carry the NSA unlocking hardware. All sensitive data is │
- │ encoded and thus you are in no danger of compromising national │
- │ security. However, we ask you, as a faithful American, to let │
- │ us know the circumstances under which this disk has come into │
- │ your possession. Call Inspector Murphy at ... │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- If you have a payphone near you that accepts incoming calls, give that
- number and have fun with the victim who calls. ("Place the disk in a taxi
- and send it right over. Yes, you'd better come along, too. No, don't take
- an airplane. Yes, we'll refund you the money. We're located about 40 miles
- outside of Washington, in the middle of what APPEARS to be a field. Here's
- how to get there...")
-
- If that seems too nasty (gosh, doesn't it, though?), you could simply give
- the REAL number of the NSA and chuckle at the thought of the poor guy trying
- to explain himself when he calls.
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- PRECAUTIONARY NOTE: This trick is best done in winter, when you can wander
- into the store while wearing gloves. That'll help you hide your finger-
- prints. You might wanna do that. The NSA isn't known for its sense of
- humour.