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Using YouTube For File Storage

Posted by timothy on from the subtitles-are-a-bitch dept.

First time accepted submitter ememisya writes "Ever thought it might be a good idea to store encrypted data in a QRCode video? Using this technique one could easily store 10GB of data to be available anywhere in the world, and completely free."

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  1. I already have a better solution. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I store mine in the Linux source code comments. Nobody has ever noticed.

  2. I found a QSR code burned into my toast by AndyKron · · Score: 5, Funny

    I found a QSR code burned into my toast. My cellphone read it, and it said "Jesus"

  3. Re:Wow... worse than old usenet binaries. by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you Captain Kirk? This reminds me of the only good reason to climb a mountain.

    After your first sentence, I thought that was his remark on the subject of why bang genetically or even anatomically incompatible aliens.

    --
    Ezekiel 23:20
  4. Re:Ever thought it might be a good idea? by vux984 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Same thing if you uploaded a video containing only white noise as the picture: it's there just to waste Google's hard drive space.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf7NbRFyg3Y

    Good times.